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Alan Erwin Ball (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer and director for film and television. Ball wrote the screenplay for American Beauty, for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Alan Ball is an American writer, director, and producer who is known for writing the acclaimed film American Beauty and creating the HBO series True Blood starring Anna Paquin. He also wrote the films Towelhead and Uncle Frank.
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Alan Ball is an American writer, director, and producer who is known for writing the acclaimed film American Beauty and creating the HBO series True Blood starring Anna Paquin. He also wrote the films Towelhead and Uncle Frank.
- May 13, 1957
Alan Ball, the Oscar and Emmy winner behind 'American Beauty,' 'Six Feet Under' and 'True Blood,' takes us inside some of the movies, books and more that have inspired his work.
Apr 19, 2016 · While Ball did not come up with the original premise for “Six Feet Under” — he credited the idea for a drama about a family-owned funeral home with HBO’s Carolyn Strauss — it was clear that...
Dec 8, 2020 · Uncle Frank was penned by Alan Ball, the Oscar-winning writer of 1999 suburban psycho-thriller American Beauty. Ball subsequently achieved television royalty with the HBO black comedy Six Feet Under and vampire drama True Blood. But Uncle Frank —Ball’s directorial debut, is by far his most personal effort.
Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television. He is particularly notable for writing American Beauty and True Blood and for creating Six Feet Under, work which earned him an Academy Award, an Emmy, and awards from the Writers, Directors, and Producers Guilds.
