Alexander Payne


Birthday: February 10, 1961

Director and screenwriter Alexander Payne made his big-screen debut directing one of nine vignettes about love and relationships in the 1992 film Inside Out. Four years later, he gained praise and recognition for Citizen Ruth, a bitingly satirical look at the abortion debate which starred Laura Dern as its amoral anti-heroine. In 1999, Payne wrote (with Jim Taylor) and ...more
  • 2004
  • National Board of Review
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Sideways
  • win
  • 2004
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  • Best Director
  • Sideways
  • win
  • 2004
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Best Director
  • Sideways
  • win
  • 2004
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  • Best Screenplay
  • Sideways
  • win
  • 2004
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Best Screenplay
  • Sideways
  • win


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