Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne was born on Feb 10, 1961 in USA. Alexander Payne's big-screen debut came with Inside Out directed by Jeffrey Reiner in 1991. Alexander Payne is known for Run Fast directed by Anna Musso, Yetide Badaki stars as Vivian and Candice Cardenas as Waitress. Alexander Payne has got 83 awards and 127 nominations so far. The most recent award Alexander Payne achieved is Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). The upcoming new movie Alexander Payne plays is The Last Shift which will be released on Sep 25, 2020.

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. He is the youngest of three brothers.Alexander attended Stanford University, where he majored in Spanish and History. He then went on to study film at UCLA Film School. His university thesis film was screened at the Sundance film festival, which led to him being backed by Miramax to write and direct Citizen Ruth (1996). Payne prefers to have control over his movies, from scripts to cast.