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
- 2006
- Père-Lachaise
- Oscar Wilde
- 2003
- A Decade Under the Influence
- Interviewer
- 2010
- Downsizing
- Director
- 2010
- Cedar Rapids
- Producer
- 2010
- Downsizing
- Screenwriter
- 2007
- The Savages
- Executive Producer
- 2007
- King of California
- Producer












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