RSS
Help
Cart
Birthday: May 13, 1957
The screenwriter and co-producer of American Beauty, Alan Ball earned almost overnight acclaim and recognition for his screenplay for the film, which won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and Golden Globe, as well as numerous other honors. Ball's success was a long time coming; much of the frustration and anger felt by American Beauty's protagonist, Lester Burnham, was inspired by ...more
- 2006
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- Best Directing for a Drama
- Six Feet Under: Everyone's Waiting
- nom
- 2006
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- Best Writing for a Drama Series
- Six Feet Under: Everyone's Waiting
- nom
- 1999
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Screenplay
- American Beauty
- win
- 1999
- Writers Guild of America
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Beauty
- win
- 1999
- Broadcast Film Critics Association
- Best Original Screenplay
- American Beauty
- win
- 2008
- True Blood (TV Series)
- Executive Producer
- 2008
- True Blood (TV Series)
- Show Creator
- 2007
- Towelhead
- Director
- 2007
- Towelhead
- Screenwriter
- 2007
- Towelhead
- Producer
Buy
Log In