Alexander Payne
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After directing several short films, Payne made his feature film debut with the black comedy ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996). His career progressed with the political satire ''Election'' (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the comedy-drama ''About Schmidt'' (2002). Payne twice won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing his directorials ''Sideways'' (2004) and ''The Descendants'' (2011). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for these two films and for the road film ''Nebraska'' (2013). He has since directed the comedy-dramas ''Downsizing'' (2017), and ''The Holdovers'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 2020-12-01
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