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Alexander Payne (born 10 February 1961) is an acclaimed filmmaker from Omaha, Nebraska.

Alexander Payne provides examples of the following tropes:

Butt Monkey
Crapsack World
Creator Provincialism: Alexander Payne is Omaha.
Cringe Comedy
Eagle Land: Overwhelmingly type 2.
The Film of the Book: Citizen Ruth is the only one film he's directed which is not an adaptation of a book.
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Especially his first two films.

Filmography:

Citizen Ruth (1996) – A drug addict's latest pregnancy becomes a political football in the abortion debate.
Election (1998) – An idealistic high school teacher tries to sabotage a haughty overachiever's chances of becoming the class president.
About Schmidt (2002) – A recently retired/widowed actuary drives to his daughter's wedding. Hilarity Ensues.
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.
The Descendants (2011) – A Hawaiian aristocrat tries to reconnect with his daughters when his wife goes into a coma.
Nebraska (2013)
Downsizing (2017)

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+* ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996) – A drug addict's latest pregnancy becomes a political football in the abortion debate.
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+* ''[[Election]]'' (1998) – An idealistic high school teacher tries to sabotage a haughty overachiever's chances of becoming the class president.
-* ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996) -- A drug addict's latest pregnancy becomes a political football in the abortion debate.
+* ''[[About Schmidt]]'' (2002) – A recently retired/widowed actuary drives to his daughter's wedding. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
-* ''[[Election]]'' (1998) -- An idealistic high school teacher tries to sabotage a haughty overachiever's chances of becoming the class president.
+* ''[[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.
-* ''[[About Schmidt]]'' (2002) -- A recently retired/widowed actuary drives to his daughter's wedding. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
+* ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]'' (2011) – A Hawaiian aristocrat tries to reconnect with his daughters when his wife goes into a coma.
-* ''[[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:Alexander Payne]]
+[[Category:Screenwriters]]
+[[Category:Producers]]