The grandson of Greek immigrants, Alexander Payne grew up in Nebraska. He studied Latin American history and literature at Stanford University before earning a master’s degree in film at UCLA. His eight feature films have been nominated for a total of 24 Oscars®, including four times for Best Picture and three times for Best Director. He has won twice for Best Adapted Screenplay, and his latest film, The Holdovers, won Best Supporting Actress earlier this year. He is currently at work on the screenplay for a new movie. Special Guests 2024 Ira Sachs Liv Tyler James Ivory Ava DuVernay Leos Carax Special Guests in Other Editions Kathleen Kennedy Jodie Foster James Ivory Luis Mandoki Jerry Schatzberg Maribel Verdú Laurent Cantet Frank Marshall Claire Denis Barry Jenkins Ciro Guerra en Rosalie Varda J. M. Coetzee Luc Dardenne Robert Redford Alfonso Cuarón Damien Chazelle Paul Weitz Patrice Leconte Julie Bertuccelli Carol Littleton John Bailey Olivier Assayas Lynne Ramsay Al Gore Michel Hazanavicius Bob Rafelson Fred Kelemen Aaron Eckhart Casey Affleck Giada Colagrande Audrey Tautou Isabelle Huppert Tim Roth Rodrigo García Peter Greenaway Pawel Pawlikowski Pierre Rissient Amos Gitai Juliette Binoche Edward James Olmos Robert Rodriguez John Sayles Alejandro Jodorowsky Danny Trejo Bruno Dumont Quentin Tarantino Pablo Larraín José María Prado Whit Stillman Dieter Kosslick Geraldine Chaplin Seifollah Samadian Gregory Nava Sally Potter Abbas Kiarostami Damián Alcázar Demián Bichir Elena Anaya Thierry Frémaux Marisa Paredes Michel Gondry Volker Schlöndorff Luis Valdez Béla Tarr Lucrecia Martel Javier Bardem Edgar Ramírez Fernando Trueba Doris Dörrie Serge Bromberg Terry Gilliam Julio Alemán Kelly Reichardt Jennifer Lawrence Steven Soderbergh Michael Nyman Nicolas Philibert Todd Haynes Stephen Frears Héctor Babenco Gael García Bernal Carlos Reygadas Alejandro González Iñárritu Cristian Mungiu Bertrand Tavernier Arthur Penn Jean-Claude Carrière Guillermo del Toro Mike Hodges Diego Luna Tommy Lee Jones Valeria Sarmiento Raúl Ruiz Gus Van Sant Manoel De Oliveira Fernando Vallejo Julia Ormond Salma Hayek Werner Herzog Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck Barbet Schroeder Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Casey Affleck
The grandson of Greek immigrants, Alexander Payne grew up in Nebraska. He studied Latin American history and literature at Stanford University before earning a master’s degree in film at UCLA. His eight feature films have been nominated for a total of 24 Oscars®, including four times for Best Picture and three times for Best Director. He has won twice for Best Adapted Screenplay, and his latest film, The Holdovers, won Best Supporting Actress earlier this year. He is currently at work on the screenplay for a new movie.
