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Alan Ball

Associations

Season(s)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

First episode

"Strange Love"

Last episode

"Save Yourself"

Worked on

# episodes (see below)

Mentioned on

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Biographical Information

Date of Birth

May 13, 1957 (age 66)

Date of Death

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Birthplace

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Role

Writer, Producer, Director

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External Links

IMDB Site

[{{{website}}} Official Site]

[{{{facebook}}} Facebook]

[{{{myspace}}} Myspace]

[{{{twitter}}} Twitter]

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Alan E. Ball, born May 13th, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theater and TV. He is noted for writing the film American Beauty, and creating and producing the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, the HBO original series True Blood and the True Blood series of comic books. For his work in television and film, Ball has received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

Biography

Filmography

Film

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

Television

True Blood (2008)

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
2009	True Blood	"Frenzy"	Season 2, episode 11; writer
2009		"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
2004		"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 w/ 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

Episode Credits

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
2009	True Blood	"Frenzy"	Season 2, episode 11; writer
2009		"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

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-'''Alan E. Ball''' (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theater and television. He is noted for writing the film American Beauty, and creating and producing the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and [[True Blood]]. For his work in television and film, Ball has received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
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+'''Alan E. Ball''', born May 13th, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theater and TV.  He is noted for writing the film ''American Beauty'', and creating and producing the [[HBO]] drama series ''Six Feet Under'', the HBO original series ''[[True Blood]]'' and the [[Comic Book Series - True Blood|True Blood series of comic books]]. For his work in television and film, Ball has received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
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-== Biography ==
+==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, from which he graduated in 1980 with a degree in theater arts. After college, he began work as a playwright at the General Nonsense Theater Company in Sarasota, Florida.
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+|''Towelhead''
+|Writer/director
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+|rowspan="1"|1999
+|''American Beauty''
+|Writer/co-producer
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+===Television===
+* ''True Blood'' (2008)
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+==Episode Credits==
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-|rowspan="1"|2008
+|rowspan=2|2009
+|rowspan=6|''[[True Blood]]''
-|''Towelhead''
+|"[[Frenzy]]"
-|Writer/director
+|Season 2, episode 11; writer
 |-
+|"[[Shake and Fingerpop]]"
-|rowspan="1"|1999
+|Season 2, episode 4; writer
-|''American Beauty''
-|Writer/co-producer
 |-
+|rowspan="4"|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
 |}
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