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Alexander Payne to Head Venice Film Festival Jury
Alexander Payne will preside over the main jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.
The two-time Oscar winner was last in Venice with “Downsizing” his sci-fi comedy about humans who get miniaturized to save the planet, starring Matt Damon, which opened the festival in 2017. Alexander Payne, who is 64, grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and studied history and Spanish literature at Stanford before earning a master’s degree in film directing at UCLA. “These qualities – along with his experience as a screenwriter – make him an ideal candidate to preside over the work of the Venice jury, which is called upon to evaluate films from around the world,” he added.
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