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Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an Academy Award winning American film director and screenwriter. His films are noted for their dark sense of humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. His films also revolve around adultery in marriage and relationships. He also tends to set his films in Omaha, Nebraska. He has scenes of historical landmarks and museums in his films, and tends to use actual people for minor roles (real cops play cops, real teachers play teachers, etc.). He frequently incoporates telephone monologues as a dramatic device. He also tends to cast actor Phil Reeves in his films. He is on the short list of directors who have final cut rights for their films. In 2005 he became a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Directors Branch). His writing partner is Jim Taylor. Payne, a Greek American (his grandfather's family name was Anglicized from Papadopoulos), grew up in the same neighborhood as billionaire Warren Buffett. He went to Creighton Prep for high school, where he was a member of a broadcasting club where members worked in different capacities for Omaha radio station KFAB. He attended Stanford University, where he double majored in Spanish and History. As a part of his Spanish degree, he studied at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Payne got his MFA in 1990 from the UCLA Film School. He worked in various capacities on films and television before he wrote and directed his first full-length film Citizen Ruth in 1995.
He is good friends with fellow directors Jay Roach, Spike Jonze and David O. Russell. He married Korean-Canadian actress Sandra Oh in 2003 and directed her in Sideways. On March 12, 2005, a publicist comfirmed their separation. FilmographyAll of the following were cowritten with his writing partner Jim Taylor:
A segment of the film, Paris, je t'aime, written and directed by Payne takes place in the 14th arrondissement, or Montparnasse district, of Paris. Upcoming Project: Books
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