Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

Born: February 10, 1961
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.

Payne has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and three Golden Globe Awards as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

After directing several short films, Payne made his feature film debut with the black comedy Citizen Ruth (1996). His career progressed with the political satire Election (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the comedy-drama About Schmidt (2002). Payne twice won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing his directorials Sideways (2004) and The Descendants (2011). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for these two films and for the road film Nebraska (2013). He has since directed Downsizing (2017) and the period film The Holdovers (2023).

In a 2018 interview with Ronan Farrow, actress Rose McGowan accused a "prominent” man in Hollywood of statutory rape but she did not name the person in question. In August 2020, McGowan said it was Payne and that he committed the act sometime in 1988 or 1989, when McGowan was 15 years old and Payne was about 28 years old.

Payne responded to McGowan's allegation by writing a guest column in Deadline Hollywood in which he admitted to a consensual relationship with her, but denied any impropriety, alleging that they had met in 1991 when she was over the age of consent, which is 18 in California. Payne ended his statement writing, "While I cannot allow false statements about events 29 years ago to go uncorrected, I will continue to wish only the best for Rose".

Movies for Alexander Payne...

Frank Capra: Mr. America
Title: Frank Capra: Mr. America
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2023
Type: Movie
FRANK CAPRA: MR AMERICA tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American storytellers.
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Berlanga!!
Title: Berlanga!!
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: October 26, 2021
Type: Movie
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to do with his own? Since to understand the secrets of an artist it is essential to know the person behind, his family, his friends, his collaborators, as well as prestigious filmmakers and actors trace a collective portrait of a creator as singular as he is universal.
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Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Title: Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 2021
Type: Movie
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Hal
Title: Hal
Character: Self
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: Movie
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
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Election -
Title: Election - "The Passion of Martin" Introduction
Character: Himself
Released: November 12, 2017
Type: Movie
Introductory piece to Alexander Payne's student film "The Passion of Martin" included on the Criterion Collection release of Election (1999).
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Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
Title: Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
Character: Self
Released: February 27, 2017
Type: Movie
The acclaimed director Alexander Payne gives his notes on the making and interpretation of 'The Last Detail
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About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
Title: About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
Released: February 27, 2017
Type: Movie
An appreciation of the film “The Last Detail” by Alexander Payne
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Trespassing Bergman
Title: Trespassing Bergman
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergmans video, 2012.)
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Bergmans video
Title: Bergmans video
Character: Self
Released: August 22, 2012
Type: Movie
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (Released in 2013, edited and abridged, as Trespassing Bergman.)
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Working with Alexander
Title: Working with Alexander
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of "The Descendants" focusing on the relationships of cast and crew with their director, Alexander Payne.
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Hawaiian Style
Title: Hawaiian Style
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Behind the Scenes of "The Descendants" focusing on the effect of Hawaiian culture on the film.
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Paris Je T'aime
Title: Paris Je T'aime
Character: Oscar Wilde (Pere-Lachaise)
Released: June 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Title: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.