Election (1999 film) was written by an American.
Election is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film directed and written by Alexander Payne and adapted by him and Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta 's 1998 novel of the same title .	Alexander Payne	Alexander Payne	Jim Taylor	Jim Taylor (writer)	Election	Election (1998 novel)	Tom Perrotta	Tom Perrotta	black	Black comedy	comedy-drama film	Comedy-drama	novel of the same title	Election (1998 novel)
Alexander Payne -LRB- born Constantine Alexander Payne ; February 10 , 1961 -RRB- is an American film director , screenwriter , and producer , known for the films Citizen Ruth -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Election -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , About Schmidt -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Sideways -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , The Descendants -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , and Nebraska -LRB- 2013 -RRB- .	film director	film director	screenwriter	screenwriter	producer	Film producer	Citizen Ruth	Citizen Ruth	Election	Election (1999 film)	About Schmidt	About Schmidt	Sideways	Sideways	The Descendants	The Descendants	Nebraska	Nebraska (film)
