Director Name: Alan Ball

Director:
– Six Feet Under (2001-2005, 7 episodes)
– Nothing Is Private (2007)
– True Blood (2 episodes, 2008)

Producer:
– Cybill (1995-1998)
– American Beauty (1999)
– Oh, Grow Up (1999)
– The Parlor (2001)
– Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
– Nothing Is Private (2007)
– True Blood (2008-2009)

Writer:
– Grace Under Fire (1993)
– Cybill (1995-1998)
– American Beauty (1999)
– Oh, Grow Up (1999)
– The M Word (2004)
– Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
– Nothing Is Private (2007)
– True Blood (2008-2010)

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

Short Bio:
Alan Ball is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer & occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film ‘American Beauty’ & for creating the HBO original drama series ‘Six Feet Under’. He also adapted the new famous TV series ‘True Blood’ – based on the “Southern Vampire Mysteries” books by Charlaine Harris. ”When I read the books I got sort of addicted to the story,” he says. ”Charlaine created this world that is constantly surprising and funny and terrifying and sometimes really heartbreaking, and I thought it would be a television show I would watch – that’s really all I can do.” The series is produced by HBO, too in association with Ball’s production company.

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