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    Alexander Payne

    American film director, producer and screenwriter

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  1. Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an American/Greek film director, screenwriter and producer. 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.

  2. Alexander Payne | Director Supercut. 3 Videos. 99+ Photos. Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant.

  3. Feb 4, 2024 · Oscar-winning writer/director Alexander Payne is one of the most acclaimed writer/directors of his generation. He specializes in films, such as “Sideways” and “The Descendants,” that can...

  4. Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos.

  5. Jun 25, 2024 · Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer noted for creating films that mix sardonic humor with humanistic character-driven drama in prosaic contemporary settings.

  6. Oct 26, 2023 · After a career wobble, director Alexander Payne rebounds, ready to play the long game. Alexander Payne poses for a portrait in New York, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2023. (Frankie Alduino / For The...

  7. Birthday: Feb 10, 1961. Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Throughout his critically acclaimed career, writer-director Alexander Payne has shown a remarkably poignant vision with his films, in...

  8. Nov 7, 2023 · The 62-year-old, Omaha, Nebraska-based director caught a restoration of the 1935 French comedyMerlusse.” The plot’s basic framework — a much-disliked teacher stays over Christmas break with a handful of kids with nowhere to go home to — struck him as a good basis for a movie.

  9. Nov 10, 2023 · The Holdovers: Directed by Alexander Payne. With Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston. A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break.

  10. The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by David Hemingson.Set in 1970, the film stars Paul Giamatti as a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go on the Christmas break. Da'Vine Joy Randolph portrays the school cafeteria manager, and Dominic Sessa ...

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