Payne presided as the jury president for the main competition of the 82nd edition of Venice Film Festival
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Alexander Payne
Constantine Alexander Payne is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
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Born 10 February 1961 · Q313566
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: ‘If no one flies, they won’t give you the money’: Alexander Payne on Marvel, misfits and making movies
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At the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, Payne was awarded the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award for his contribution to the art of filmmaking
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Holdovers review – Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for charming comedy
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At the Toronto International Film Festival
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Payne told IndieWire that he was working with Jim Taylor and a French screenwriting team, and that their script is "maybe 65 percent there"
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2022· 1 entry
Soon after the publication of Tracy Flick Can't Win, the sequel novel to Election, a film adaptation was announced to be in works at Paramount+ with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role as Tracy Flick and Payne retu
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2021· 1 entry
Payne said that one of his upcoming projects, which he planned to follow The Holdovers, would be a comedy set in Paris based on the true story of rival antique chair dealers, and that he was using the pandemic downtime t
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2019· 2 entries
It was announced that Payne was going to direct the HBO miniseries Landscapers
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It was announced that Payne was attached to direct an American remake of the 1987 Oscar-winning Danish film Babette's Feast
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2017· 1 entry
Metacritic ranked Payne 2nd on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century
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2015· 1 entry
Payne married Maria Kontos, whom he met while visiting the Aigio region of Greece where some of his ancestors originated
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2014· 2 entries
Payne has been nominated seven times, winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice
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The Location Managers Guild of America honored Payne with their inaugural Eva Monley Award for his masterful use of location as another character
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2012· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants (2012).
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Was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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It was reported that Payne and Jim Taylor wrote a script, The Lost Cause, which was said to be an expansion of Taylor's 2004 short film of the same name
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Payne was co-owner (along with friend Ann Beeder) of King Fong, a Chinese restaurant in Omaha
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for The Descendants (2011).
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That Payne was to direct a film, Fork in the Road
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After a seven-year hiatus with the film The Descendants, a film about a man dealing with the aftermath of a boating accident involving his wife, leaving her in a coma
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2009· 1 entry
Payne signed a petition calling for the release of film director Roman Polanski, who had been arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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2007· 1 entry
Payne served as an executive producer on the films King of California and The Savages
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2006· 1 entry
Although the former couple took more than two years to settle their finances
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2005· 5 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sideways (2005).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Sideways (2005).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for Sideways (2005).
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For Best Adapted Screenplay, while the film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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Became a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Directors Branch)
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2004· 1 entry
Payne followed About Schmidt with Sideways, a film about two middle-aged men who embark on a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding
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2002· 1 entry
Payne's film About Schmidt, about a recently retired widower who embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, was released
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2001· 2 entries
Payne wrote a draft of Jurassic Park III
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“s film About Schmidt, about a recently retired widower who embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter”
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2000· 2 entries
It was reported that Payne was to co-write and direct an untitled film inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Payne completed an uncredited polish-up of the screenplay for the comedy film Meet the Parents
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1999· 1 entry
It was reported that Payne was in talks to direct Esquivel, a biopic starring John Leguizamo as Mexican musician Juan García Esquivel
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1991· 1 entry
(McGowan turned 18 in September 1991) at an audition for a comic short film that he was directing for the Playboy Channel and had no reason to believe she was under the age of consent as the part required an actress who
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1990· 1 entry
From the UCLA Film School, where he created a thesis film called The Passion of Martin
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1988· 1 entry
Or 1989, when McGowan was 15 years old and Payne was about 28 years old
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1961· 3 entries
Born 1961-02-10.
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In Omaha, Nebraska, to Peggy and George Payne, restaurant owners
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“s 2004 short film of the same name. In November 2013, Payne was in talks to direct a film The Judge”
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1886· 1 entry
Custer County, Nebraska, and will feature Paul Giamatti in a currently undisclosed role
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