Claim: Election (1999 film) was written by an American.
Evidence: 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 -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-.