Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Infobox actor
name = Alan Ball


imagesize = 180px
birthname =
birthdate = birth date and age|1957|5|13|df=y
birthplace = Atlanta, Georgia, USA
spouse =
emmyawards = Outstanding Director - Drama
2002 "Six Feet Under"
academyawards = Best Original Screenplay
2000 "American Beauty"
goldenglobeawards = Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
2000 "American Beauty"

Alan E. Ball (born May 13 1957) is an American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage and television. He is noted for writing "American Beauty", and creating the HBO television shows "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood".

Biography

Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker. He attended high school in Marietta, and went on to attend the University of Georgia and Florida State University where he graduated in 1980 with a degree in theatre arts. After university, he began work as a playwright at the General Nonsense Theater Company in Sarasota, Florida.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and nominations

;Awards
* 2000 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – "American Beauty"
* 2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture – "American Beauty"
* 2000 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay – "American Beauty"
* 2002 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement – "Six Feet Under"
* 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series – "Six Feet Under"
* 2004 Producers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series – "Six Feet Under";Nominations
* 2000 BAFTA Film Award – "American Beauty"
* 2002 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement – "Six Feet Under"
* 2004 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement – "Six Feet Under"
* 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series – "Six Feet Under"
* 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series – "Six Feet Under"

References

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External links

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* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Alan&last=Ball Alan Ball] at the Intenet off-Broadway Database