Alan Ball

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film director human screenwriter television producer television writer

Alan Ball is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for creating the television series "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood" and for writing the Oscar-winning film "American Beauty."

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Alan Ball canonical 17

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instanceOf film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
television writer ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1990s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ
basedIn Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
birthDate 1957-05-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
created Here and Now ⓘ
Six Feet Under ⓘ
True Blood ⓘ
directed Towelhead ⓘ
Uncle Frank ⓘ
episodes of Six Feet Under ⓘ
True Blood ⓘ
surface form: episodes of True Blood
employer HBO ⓘ
familyName Ball ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
fantasy television ⓘ
givenName Alan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement LGBT representation in television ⓘ
name Alan Ball self-link ⓘ
notableAwardWork American Beauty ⓘ
notableWork All That I Will Ever Be ⓘ
American Beauty ⓘ
Here and Now ⓘ
Six Feet Under ⓘ
Towelhead ⓘ
True Blood ⓘ
Uncle Frank ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television director ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor American Beauty ⓘ
Towelhead ⓘ
Uncle Frank ⓘ

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American Beauty → screenwriter → Alan Ball ⓘ
Six Feet Under → creator → Alan Ball ⓘ
Six Feet Under → executiveProducer → Alan Ball ⓘ
True Blood → creator → Alan Ball ⓘ
True Blood → executiveProducer → Alan Ball ⓘ
Uncle Frank → director → Alan Ball ⓘ
Uncle Frank → writer → Alan Ball ⓘ
Uncle Frank → screenwriter → Alan Ball ⓘ
Alan Ball → name → Alan Ball self-link ⓘ
Lester Burnham → createdBy → Alan Ball ⓘ
Colonel Frank Fitts → createdBy → Alan Ball ⓘ
Ricky Fitts → createdBy → Alan Ball ⓘ
Angela Hayes → createdBy → Alan Ball ⓘ
Peter Krause → workedWith → Alan Ball ⓘ
Christopher Greenbury → collaboratedWith → Alan Ball ⓘ
Carolyn Burnham → createdBy → Alan Ball ⓘ