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Directing · Writing · age 65

Alexander Payne

Best rated: The Holdovers (7.9)

Films
9
Avg rating
7.20
Peak run
1999’13
Oscar noms
3
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Alexander Payne, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1999 to 2013, 7.385678199520002005201020152020The Holdovers 7.9Downsizing 5.8Career avg 7.20

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Alexander Payne's career barcodecoolhot
19919 films2023
Current formLast 5: 7.24 vs career 7.20 (+0.04)
  1. WSideways2004 · 7.5+0.3
  2. WThe Descendants2011 · 7.3+0.1
  3. WNebraska2013 · 7.7+0.5
  4. LDownsizing2017 · 5.8−1.4
  5. WThe Holdovers2023 · 7.9+0.7
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Alexander by the numbers

Average
7.20
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.21
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
33y
1991 to 2023
Total votes
1.28M
across every film
Best
7.9
The Holdovers
Worst
5.8
Downsizing
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2023The Holdovers posterThe Holdovers7.9275K
2017Downsizing posterDownsizing5.8139K
2013Nebraska posterNebraska7.7130K
2011The Descendants posterThe Descendants7.3261K
2004Sideways posterSideways7.5219K
2002About Schmidt posterAbout Schmidt7.2138K
1999Election posterElection7.2112K
1996Citizen Ruth7.09,862
1991The Passion of Martin·402
Better together?

Alexander Payne's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Alexander Payne

7 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2014
    Alexander Payne
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2012
    Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2012
    Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2012
    Alexander Payne
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2005
    Alexander Payne
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2005
    Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2000
    Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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