Alan Ball
Biography
Alan Ball was born on May 13, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in the suburb of Marietta. Alan Ball got his big break…moreBorn
5/13/1957, Atlanta, Georgia, USABirth Name
Alan E. BallGender
Male
Credits
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Guest Star (6)
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GMTV
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 165
Thursday 15th June
6/15/06
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Ep 165
Thursday 15th June
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In the Life
Himself
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S 1:
Ep 109
Episode 109 on Logo: God & Hollywood
1/1/06
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Ep 109
Episode 109 on Logo: God & Hollywood
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Tavis Smiley
Himself
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Ep 142
Barbara Lee, Alan Ball
8/5/04
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Ep 142
Barbara Lee, Alan Ball
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The Primetime Emmy Awards
Himself
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S 54:
Ep 1
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
9/22/02
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Ep 1
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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Dennis Miller Live
Himself
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S 8:
Ep 19
Death
6/15/01
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Ep 19
Death
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The Academy Awards
Himself
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S 72:
Ep 1
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
3/26/00
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Ep 1
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
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GMTV
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Writer (5)
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True Blood
Writer
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S 4:
Ep 8
Spellbound
8/14/11
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S 4:
Ep 3
If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?
7/10/11
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S 3:
Ep 12
Evil is Going On
9/12/10
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Ep 6
I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
7/25/10
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S 2:
Ep 11
Frenzy
8/30/09
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S 4:
Ep 8
Spellbound
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Six Feet Under
Writer
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S 5:
Ep 12
Everyone's Waiting
8/21/05
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S 4:
Ep 4
Can I Come Up Now?
7/11/04
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S 3:
Ep 4
Nobody Sleeps
3/23/03
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S 3:
Ep 1
Perfect Circles
3/2/03
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S 2:
Ep 9
Someone Else's Eyes
4/28/02
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S 5:
Ep 12
Everyone's Waiting
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Oh Grow Up
Writer
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S 1:
Ep 2
Good Pop, Bad Pop
9/29/99
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S 1:
Ep 1
Pilot
9/22/99
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S 1:
Ep 2
Good Pop, Bad Pop
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Cybill
Writer
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S 4:
Ep 17
Oh Brother!
4/1/98
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S 4:
Ep 8
Where's a Harpoon When You Need One?
11/3/97
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S 4:
Ep 7
Halloween
10/27/97
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Ep 19
Name That Tune
3/3/97
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Ep 10
Buffalo Gals
11/25/96
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S 4:
Ep 17
Oh Brother!
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Grace Under Fire
Writer
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S 2:
Ep 21
Memphis Bound
3/29/95
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S 2:
Ep 20
A Night at the Opera
3/14/95
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S 2:
Ep 11
Grace vs. Wade
12/6/94
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S 2:
Ep 21
Memphis Bound
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True Blood
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Director (2)
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True Blood
Director
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S 1:
Ep 12
You'll Be the Death of Me
11/23/08
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S 1:
Ep 1
Strange Love
9/7/08
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S 1:
Ep 12
You'll Be the Death of Me
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Six Feet Under
Director
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S 5:
Ep 12
Everyone's Waiting
8/21/05
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S 4:
Ep 12
Untitled
9/12/04
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S 3:
Ep 13
I'm Sorry, I'm Lost
6/1/03
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S 2:
Ep 13
The Last Time
6/2/02
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S 1:
Ep 13
Knock, Knock
8/19/01
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S 5:
Ep 12
Everyone's Waiting
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True Blood
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Story (2)
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Cybill
Story
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S 4:
Ep 1
Regarding Henry
9/15/97
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S 3:
Ep 25
Mother's Day
5/12/97
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S 4:
Ep 1
Regarding Henry
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Grace Under Fire
Story
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S 2:
Ep 7
The Road to Paris, Texas
11/8/94
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S 2:
Ep 7
The Road to Paris, Texas
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Cybill
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Creator (1)
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True Blood
Creator
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S 4:
Ep 12
And When I Die
9/11/11
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S 4:
Ep 11
Soul of Fire
9/4/11
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S 4:
Ep 10
Burning Down the House
8/28/11
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S 4:
Ep 9
Let's Get Out of Here
8/21/11
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S 4:
Ep 8
Spellbound
8/14/11
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S 4:
Ep 12
And When I Die
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True Blood
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Teleplay (1)
Role-
Grace Under Fire
Teleplay
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S 2:
Ep 7
The Road to Paris, Texas
11/8/94
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S 2:
Ep 7
The Road to Paris, Texas
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Grace Under Fire
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Executive Producer (2)
Role-
True Blood
Executive Producer
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S 4:
Ep 12
And When I Die
9/11/11
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S 4:
Ep 11
Soul of Fire
9/4/11
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S 4:
Ep 10
Burning Down the House
8/28/11
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S 4:
Ep 9
Let's Get Out of Here
8/21/11
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S 4:
Ep 8
Spellbound
8/14/11
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S 4:
Ep 12
And When I Die
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Six Feet Under
Executive Producer
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S 1:
Ep 1
Pilot
6/3/01
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S 1:
Ep 1
Pilot
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True Blood
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The Great Summer TV Cram: 9 Shows to Catch Up On Before the Heat Hits
By TV.com Staff, 3 days ago
Have you noticed that all of a sudden there isn't much new TV to watch? Now's the perfect time to dig into (or start re-watching) the previous seasons of summer's best shows. read more
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News Briefs: Fox Moves Bones to Mondays, Touch to Thursdays
By Tim Surette, Feb 28, 2012
Plus: Giancarlo Esposito + J.J. Abrams + Eric Kripke = YES, Lucy Liu changes a classic character's gender, and Alan Ball says "no more True Blood." read more
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Alan based the TV show Oh Grow Up from a one-act play he wrote before his days as a TV writer. The play was called Bachelor Holiday.
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Before Alan became a TV writer, he lived in New York for eight years as a struggling playwright. He once lived with three guys and a dog named Mom in a 100-year old brownstone in Brooklyn.
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Alan based the character of Annette Benning in American Beauty from actress Cybill Shepherd who had a reputation of being extremely difficult to work with.
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Quotes
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Alan: The level of celebrity worship in our society, I think, is verging on the pathological.
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Alan: I love to direct! I get really jazzed by directing, but directing is not the same kind of personal expression, the same kind of personal intimate expression that writing is.
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Alan: (on the end of "Six Feet Under") I wasn't unhappy. I was emotional. It was sad. So yes, it will be hard to say goodbye to them because I've spent five years with these characters. They're like family to me. It's like you have five children, eight, nine children and they're all going off to college at the same time.
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