Alan Ball (screenwriter)
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Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Ball at the 25th Annual Paley Television Festival, ArcLight Cinemas, Los Angeles, April 13, 2009
Personal information
Birth dateMay 13, 1957(age 53)
Place of birthAtlanta, Georgia
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, director, actor, producer

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Alan E. Ball (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.

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'True Blood' creator Alan Ball teases finale (video link) - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--"True Blood" creator -Alan Ball- made a major appearance San Diego Comic-Con along with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, and of course one of the most ... - Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:19:20 GMT+00:00
'True Blood' gets fourth season - CNN (blog) Tweet this news
CNN (blog)--“We're looking forward to more chills from -Alan Ball- and his gifted team next year,” HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo said in a statement. ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:00:34 GMT+00:00
England's timeworn elimination ritual - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times--"It was disbelief," England's midfielder -Alan Ball- summed up the mood in the team's dressing room after West Germany knocked them out of the ... - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:46:13 GMT+00:00
Watch True Season 3 Episode 3 It Hurts Me Too - Gather.com Tweet this news
Gather.com--True Blood is an American television drama series, created by -Alan Ball-,is based on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:02:41 GMT+00:00
UAB golf coach Alan Kaufman sees Graeme McDowell's US Open win as boost for ... - al.com (blog) Tweet this news
al.com (blog)--"Starting out, he didn't hit the -ball- very far, but was very straight," Kaufman said. "He had a great short game, but struggled early on with the greens. ... - Date : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:08:11 GMT+00:00

Television :
Year Show Episode Notes
2009 True Blood "Frenzy" Season 2, episode 11; writer
"Shake and Fingerpop" Season 2, episode 4; writer
2008 "You'll Be the Death of Me" Season 1, episode 12; director
"Mine" Season 1, episode 3; writer
"The First Taste" Season 1, episode 2; writer
"Strange Love" Season 1, episode 1; writer/director
2005 Six Feet Under "Everyone's Waiting" Season 5, episode 12; writer/director
2004 "Untitled" Season 4, episode 12; director
"Can I Come Up Now?" Season 4, episode 4; writer
2003 "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" Season 3, episode 13; director
"Nobody Sleeps" Season 3, episode 4; writer (with Rick Cleveland)
"Perfect Circles" Season 3, episode 1; writer
2002 "The Last Time" Season 2, episode 13; director
"Someone Else's Eyes" Season 2, episode 9; writer
"In The Game" Season 2, episode 1; writer
2001 "Knock, Knock" Season 1, episode 13; writer/director
"An Open Book" Season 1, episode 5; writer
"Pilot" Season 1, episode 1; writer/director

Film :
Year Film Role
2008 Towelhead Writer/director
1999 American Beauty Writer/co-producer

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1990 �1999

Bruce Joel Rubin (1990) * Callie Khouri (1991) * Neil Jordan (1992) * Jane Campion (1993) * Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994) * Christopher McQuarrie (1995) * Joel and Ethan Coen (1996) * Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997) * Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) * Alan Ball (1999)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Thomas Schlamme (2001) * Alan Ball (2002) * Christopher Misiano (2003) * Walter Hill (2004) * J. J. Abrams (2005) * Jon Cassar (2006) * Alan Taylor (2007) * Greg Yaitanes (2008) * Rod Holcomb (2009)



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