Alexander Payne

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Alexander Payne Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Descendants, The
• Sideways

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	7/20/07	R			95.10	Info
Sideways	10/22/04	R	4	0.21	71.50	Info
About Schmidt	12/13/02		816	8.53	65.00	Info

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Awards:

2004
Sideways

• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Win: Best Director, Florida Film Critics
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, National Board of Review
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Seattle Film Critics
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers' Guild
• Win: Best Screenplay, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Screenplay, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Win: Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Screenplay, National Society of Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Screenplay, Florida Film Critics
• Win: Best Screenplay, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, National Society of Film Critics

2002
About Schmidt

• Win: Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, BOP's Calvin Awards

1999
Election

• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers' Guild
• Win: Best Screenplay, New York Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Las Vegas Film Critics

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