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Alexander Payne Biography
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Attended Creighton Prep High School in Omaha, Nebraska
Of Greek Ancestry. Family name was changed from Papadopoulos.
Graduated in 1990 from UCLA Filmschool with a MFA in Theater Arts.
Owns the Winnebago driven by Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) in About Schmidt (2002).
Studied Spanish and history at Stanford.
Is a friend of David O. Russell.
Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Directors Branch) [2005-]
Directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Thomas Haden Church, and Virginia Madsen.
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