Alan Ball(I)
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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. He also created Here and Now, Six Feet Under, and Banshee. He won awards for American Beauty and True Blood.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 22 wins & 36 nominations total
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- Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
- Born
- ParentsMary Ball
- Relatives
- Mary Ann Ball(Sibling)
- Other worksAlan Ball earned his BA at the Florida State University School of Theatre. One of his first written works was a play entitled "Five women wearing the same dress"
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- TriviaHe is outspokenly gay and his work often includes gay issues or characters such as "David Fisher" in Six Feet Under (2001); "Lafayette Reynolds" in True Blood (2008); and "Frank Bledsoe" and "Wally" in Uncle Frank (2020).
- QuotesOn his early TV career: "The shows I were on were all about serving the star's egos. I had this free-floating rage... It's factory work. I had no emotional connection with what I was writing."
- TrademarksCharacters often deal with themes of death
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