FILM DIRECTOR

Alexander Payne

1961 - Today

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Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Payne has received more than 5,338,608 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Alexander Payne is the 671st most popular film director (up from 973rd in 2019), the 4,231st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,392nd in 2019) and the 167th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexander Payne ranks 671 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksei Kapler, Richard Linklater, Claude Goretta, Stephen Hopkins, Joe Johnston, and Baz Luhrmann. After him are Tomoyuki Tanaka, Andrew Niccol, James Gunn, W. S. Van Dyke, Burt Kennedy, and Vilgot Sjöman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Alexander Payne ranks 137. Before him are Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Juha Sipilä, Yanis Varoufakis, Jackie Earle Haley, Souleymane Sané, and Eugenio Derbez. After him are Vasily Ignatenko, Alemão, Maia Chiburdanidze, Kazuki Takahashi, Juan Carlos Osorio, and Agneta Andersson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Payne ranks 4,231 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert McKee (1941), Helen Wills (1905), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Thom Mayne (1944), Joe Johnston (1950), and Newt Gingrich (1943). After him are James Longstreet (1821), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jim Davis (1945), Roy Buchanan (1939), Freddie Hubbard (1938), and Jesse Jane (1980).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alexander Payne ranks 167. Before him are Friz Freleng (1906), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Andrew Blake (1947), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Richard Linklater (1960), and Joe Johnston (1950). After him are James Gunn (1966), W. S. Van Dyke (1889), Burt Kennedy (1922), Billy Hayes (1947), Paul Mazursky (1930), and Aaron Russo (1943).

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