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'''Alexander Payne''' (born 10 February 1961) is an acclaimed filmmaker from Omaha, Nebraska.
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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Especially his first two films.
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* ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996)
* ''[[Election]]'' (1998)
▲* ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996) -- A drug addict's latest pregnancy becomes a political football in the abortion debate.
* ''[[About Schmidt]]'' (2002)
▲* ''[[Election]]'' (1998) -- An idealistic high school teacher tries to sabotage a haughty overachiever's chances of becoming the class president.
* ''[[Sideways]]'' (2004)
▲* ''[[About Schmidt]]'' (2002) -- A recently retired/widowed actuary drives to his daughter's wedding. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]'' (2011)
▲* ''[[Sideways]]'' (2004) -- Two former college roommates go on a road trip through Santa Barbara Wine Country before one of them gets married. The same guy has sex with a lot of women, the other...not so much.
* ''[[Nebraska]]'' (2013)
▲* ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]'' (2011) -- A Hawaiian aristocrat tries to reconnect with his daughters when his wife goes into a coma.
* ''[[Downsizing]]'' (2017)
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[[Category:Directors]]
[[Category:Alexander Payne]]
[[Category:Screenwriters]]
[[Category:Producers]]
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