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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.
Jun 3, 2021 · HBO’s pioneering funeral home drama was one of a kind when it debuted in June 2001. Louis Chilton speaks to creator Alan Ball, as well as writer-producers Rick Cleveland, Bruce Eric Kaplan and ...
Feb 2, 2018 · Alan Ball, the creative force behind “True Blood” and “Six Feet Under,” returns to HBO with a mysterious drama about a family with three adopted children.
In his two-hour interview, Alan Ball describes his career writing for the stage, film, and television. He discusses growing up in Georgia and developing an interest in playwriting in college, which he took a step further by creating a theater company in New York City years later.
