Alexander Payne

ABOUT ALEXANDER PAYNE

Won the Director of the Year award at the Palm Springs Film Festival for his film Sideways.

He graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

His films generally featured dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.

He married Sandra Oh on January 1, 2003, and the couple divorced in 2006.

His film The Descendants starred Robert Forster as George Clooney's father-in-law.