Alan Ball (screenwriter)
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Alan Erwin Ball is an American writer and director for film and television. Ball is best known for writing the screenplay for the dramedy film American Beauty, for which he won the Academy Award for B
Ball in 2008
Ball with True Blood star Anna Paquin in July 2012
Towelhead (film)
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Towelhead is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Alan Ball and based on Alicia Erian's novel of the same name. The film made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festiva
Alan Ball (screenwriter)
…and True Blood (2008–2014), and served as an executive producer on the Cinemax action drama series Banshee (2013–2016). He wrote and directed the films Towelhead (2007) and Uncle Frank (2020). Ball was born in Marietta, Georgia to Frank and Mary Ball, both of whom were aircraft inspectors. His older sister, Mary…
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