Question: who is Léonce Perret and Alexander Payne connected?

Context articles: The Nude Woman (1926 film)
Léonce Perret
Abduct Me
Léonce Perret filmography (actor)
Madame Sans-Gêne (1925 film)
Alexander Payne
Léonce Perret filmography (director)
Tarnished Reputations
Beauty Spot (film)
The Orchid Dancer

The Nude Woman (French: La femme nue) is a 1926 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Iván Petrovich, Louise Lagrange and Nita Naldi.
 Based on a play by Henry Bataille, it was remade as a sound film in 1932.
Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.
 He also worked as a stage actor and director.
 Often described as avant-garde for his unorthodox directing methods, Léonce Perret introduced innovative camera, lighting and film scoring techniques to French cinema.
Abduct Me (French: Enlevez-moi) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Jacqueline Francell, Roger Tréville and Arletty.
A definitive filmography for Léonce Perret would be virtually impossible given that he wrote, acted in, directed or produced more than 400 films.
 Of those more than 400 films, only roughly one third are still available today.
 The remaining copies are stored mostly at the Gaumont Film Library, the French Film Library, the National Cinematography Film Archives and in several other European film libraries such as the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
Madame Sans-Gêne was a 1925 American silent romantic costume comedy-drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gloria Swanson.
 Based on the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, the film is now considered lost.
Alexander Payne (born Constantine Alexander Payne; February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films "Election" (1999), "About Schmidt" (2002), "Sideways" (2004), "The Descendants" (2011), and "Nebraska" (2013).
 His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.
 Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director.
A definitive filmography for Léonce Perret would be virtually impossible given that he wrote, acted in, directed or produced more than 400 films.
 Of those, only roughly one third are still available today.
 The remaining copies are stored mostly at the Gaumont Film Library, the French Film Library, the National Cinematography Film Archives and in several other European film libraries such as the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
Tarnished Reputations is a 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Herbert Blache, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Léonce Perret and starring Dolores Cassinelli, Alan Roscoe, and Georges Deneubourg.
 It is presumed to be a lost film.
Beauty Spot (French: Grains de beauté) is a 1932 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and Léonce Perret and starring Simone Cerdan, Marfa d'Hervilly and Doris Morrey.
 It is a remake of the 1931 German film "Opera Ball" and is part of the operetta film genre.
The Orchid Dancer (French:La danseuse Orchidée) is a 1928 French silent film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Louise Lagrange, Ricardo Cortez and Xenia Desni.