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Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Of Greek descent (the family name was changed from Papadopoulos), his parents George and Peggy ran a Greek restaurant. He has two older brothers. Alexander attended Stanford University, where he majored in Spanish and History... See full bio »

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Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (11 titles)
2012 Breaking Night (short) (executive producer)
 
2009-2011 Hung (TV series) (executive producer - 26 episodes)
– What's Going on Downstairs? or Don't Eat Prince Eric! (2011) (executive producer)
– Money on the Floor (2011) (executive producer)
– We're Golden or Crooks and Big Beaver (2011) (executive producer)
– F**k Me, Mr. Drecker or Let's Not Go to Jail (2011) (executive producer)
– Mister Drecker or Ease Up on the Whup-Ass (2011) (executive producer)
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2011 L Train (short) (executive producer)
 
2011 The Descendants (producer)
 
2011 Cedar Rapids (producer)
 
2009 Sideways (executive producer)
 
2007 King of California (producer)
 
2007 The Savages (executive producer)
 
2006/I Gray Matters (executive producer)
 
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (executive producer)
 
1991 The Passion of Martin (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (13 titles)
2013 Nebraska
 
2011 The Descendants
 
2009 Hung (TV series)
– Pilot (2009)
 
2006 Cinema16: American Short Films (video)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "14e arrondissement")
 
2004 Sideways
 
2002 About Schmidt
 
1999 Election
 
1996 Citizen Ruth
 
1992 Inside Out III (video)
 
1991 The Passion of Martin
 
1991 Inside Out (video) (episode "My Secret Moments")
 
1985 Carmen (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (11 titles)
2011 The Descendants (screenplay)
 
2009 Sideways (story and characters)
 
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (screenplay)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "14e Arrondissement")
 
2004 Sideways (screenplay)
 
2002 About Schmidt (screenplay)
 
2001 Jurassic Park III (written by)
 
1999 Election (screenplay)
 
1996 Citizen Ruth (written by)
 
1991 The Passion of Martin
 
1991 Inside Out (video) (written by / segment "My Secret Moments")
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2006 Paris, je t'aime
Oscar Wilde (segment "Pere-Lachaise")
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1991 The Passion of Martin (sound editor)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1985 Carmen (short)
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2009 Corked (special thanks)
 
2008 Humboldt County (thanks)
 
2008 Imitation Life (thanks)
 
2007/I The Visitor (special thanks)
 
2007 The Replacement Child (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 The Motel (thanks)
 
2004 I Heart Huckabees (the producers wish to thank)
 
2003 Bingo (short) (special thanks)
 
2000/I Committed (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2013 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 May 2013 (2013) … Himself
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Picture/Best Director
 
2012 The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture - Drama & Nominee: Best Director/Best Screenplay
 
2011 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
– The Movie Brats, Take Two (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Cinema16: American Short Films (video)
Himself - Commentary
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay (also archive footage)
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Screenplay/Nominee: Best Director
 
2005 The 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director
 
1999 Turn Ben Stein On (TV series)
Himself
– Does High School Success Determine Life Success? (1999) … Himself
 
1986 How to Judge Character by the Face (short)
Himself
 

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Charlie Rose: : -- Guests include Agnieszka Holland, Alexander Payne, Berenice Bejo, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Jonah Hill, Kenneth Branagh, Max Von Sydow, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Viola Davis, and Wim Wenders. Castle in the Sky: Character Sketches -- Nick Krause, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller describe the acting insights they gained working with George Clooney and Alexander Payne. The Descendants -- A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident.
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Personal Details

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2 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on casting] They [the studios] go through that process where they think you have to find the most famous people possible and then they go down the line. That's a game I'm increasingly uninterested in - unless the most famous possible person also happens to be very correct in the part, like Jack Nicholson. See more »

Trivia:

Among his favorite filmmakers: Akira Kurosawa, Luis Buñuel, Hal Ashby, Martin Scorsese and Sergio Leone. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently uses actual people in roles of minor characters in his movies (real life policemen for policemen, real life restaurant servers for servers, real life teachers for teachers) See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius