Alexander Payne's biography

Alexander Payne is 61 years old screenwriter born at Omaha. He was born on Friday 10th of February 1961. According to year of birth 1961 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 10th of February means he is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know him also as film director, film producer. He is recently known as writer.

Alexander Payne's family

Alexander Payne's ex spouse

Sandra Oh

Alexander Payne and Sandra Oh have been together since 2003 for 3 years. She is known as television actor. His ex spouse was born on Tuesday 20th of July 1971.

Alexander Payne's schools

We found 5 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, University of Salamanca, Creighton Preparatory School.

Detailed informations about his schools

Attended Creighton Prep High School in Omaha, Nebraska.
Graduated in 1990 from UCLA Filmschool with a MFA in Theater Arts.
Graduated film school at the age of 29.

Alexander Payne's career

His main focus is to be screenwriter.

Awards and competitions

Alexander Payne's Awards

He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work Sideways in 2003
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

What Alexander Payne has done for a first time

Directed his first feature length film at the age of 35.

Alexander Payne's quotes

[on Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)] She inhabited that role fully, but she can do all these other roles.Â You see a woman in her, not a girl.Â She's going to be interesting for aÂ long time.
I want all of my films to belong to me. There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. Which is why I want Sideways (2004) to succeed, to encourage other film-makers.
We don't have movies about ourselves, and we don't have a national film culture. It shouldn't be an epic aspiration to make simple human stories, but it is.
It's my hope that we're getting into an era where the value of a film is based on its proximity to real life rather than its distance from it. To do that, you need actors - stars, basically - who don't necessarily look like Ben Affleck.
[on Hitchcock's Psycho] Can you imagine Psycho in color? There's something chilling about that in black and white. You can't think of it in color. It's a different deal. It's super cool.
It looks like a game of Battleship. I'll have my computer backed to his computer, cords and cables going in all sorts of directions. It's not the neatest setup, but it's worked for us.
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Alexander Payne's body shape

Lets describe how Alexander Payne looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.

Alexander Payne