Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

  • Birthday: 1961-02-10
  • Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Also know as: Constantine Alexander Payne

Biography

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".

Filmography

Production

Paris Je T'aime

2006

As Director

About Schmidt

2002

As Director

Election

1999

As Director

Sideways

2004

As Director

Citizen Ruth

1996

As Director

The Descendants

2011

As Director

Carmen

1985

As Director

Nebraska

2013

As Director

Downsizing

2017

As Director

Inside Out

1991

As Director

Inside Out 3

1992

As Director

The Passion of Martin

1991

As Director

The Holdovers

2023

As Director

Tracy Flick Can't Win

0000

As Director

The Passion of Martin

1991

As Editor

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004

As Executive Producer

King of California

2007

As Producer

The Savages

2007

As Executive Producer

The Descendants

2011

As Producer

Sideways

2009

As Executive Producer

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

2014

As Executive Producer

Downsizing

2017

As Producer

The Passion of Martin

1991

As Producer

Cedar Rapids

2011

As Producer

Small Town Wisconsin

2020

As Executive Producer

The Last Shift

2020

As Executive Producer

Crash Pad

2017

As Executive Producer

Gray Matters

2006

As Executive Producer

Carmen

1985

As Music

Jurassic Park III

2001

As Writer

About Schmidt

2002

As Screenplay

Election

1999

As Screenplay

Sideways

2004

As Screenplay

Citizen Ruth

1996

As Screenplay

The Descendants

2011

As Screenplay

Sideways

2009

As Story

Downsizing

2017

As Screenplay

The Passion of Martin

1991

As Screenplay

Paris Je T'aime

2006

As Writer

Inside Out

1991

As Writer

Tracy Flick Can't Win

0000

As Screenplay

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