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

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.

Personal life

Alan Ball is openly gay and has been called "a strong voice for [the] LGBT community."

Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)
 

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    Name Alan Ball
    (Alan E. Ball)
    Age 52
    Build Average
    Eye Color Green
    Hair Color Brown - Light
    Date of Birth May 13, 1957
    Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia
    Star Sign Taurus
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    University University of Georgia
    Florida State University
    Occupation Writer
    Celebrity Index Al
    Claim to Fame Screenwriter to the film American Beauty, and creator and productor of the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and True Blood.

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  • You can`t take a picture of this. It`s already gone.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • I didn`t want to create a world of heroes and villains. I wanted to create a world of infinite complexity and confusion, ... I just wanted to see characters try to live an authentic life in a world that`s increasingly inauthentic.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • As long as I can sell some homes and make some money, that`s what we`re in business for.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • I`m so jealous of you.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • It`s a twisted little look at cultural imperialism as refracted through a relationship between a trust-fund stoner and a male prostitute, ... It`s really fun.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • Oh Grow Up.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • What the series is all about is: We die. So while we`re here, let`s live fully.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • [The dreamscape conversations on] Six Feet Under, ... with their own ideas about themselves and what that dead character represents in their lives.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you`re called a widow, or a widower. If you`re a child and you lose your parents, then you`re an orphan. But what`s the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that`s just too f**king awful to even have a name.
    (thinkexist.com)
  • We love these characters and we love them even when they`re unlikable, ... We always see the pain and suffering behind the unlikable behavior.
    (thinkexist.com)
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