Alan Ball
- Biography
- 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.
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- Born
- May 13, 1957
Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Won | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Best Original Screenplay American Beauty (1999) |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Nominated | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Best Original Screenplay American Beauty (1999) |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Won | Broadcast Film Critics Association |
Best Original Screenplay American Beauty (1999) |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Won | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Screenplay American Beauty (1999) |
Toronto Film Critics Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Won | Toronto Film Critics Association |
Best Screenplay [Runner-up] American Beauty (1999) |
Films
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True Blood: Make Way for More Lesbian Vampires!
10/30/09 Series creator Alan Ball recently told the Advocate magazine that he could imagine Eric's toughass sidekick, Pam, getting in on some girl-on-girl action. | E! Online -
True Blood Spoilers (Hint: Alexander Skarsgård gets Naked)
10/29/09 Alexander Skarsgård will be going nude. | OK! Magazine -
Orange Cinema Series picks right shows
10/23/09 Orange's credo is to provide content anywhere, anytime, and it backs that up by spending a few hundred million euros a year on content and rights. | Variety -
'Scream 2009' draws big names
10/18/09 A larger-than-life snowglobe filled with murderous little girls, a "Battlestar Gallactica" spaceship and Marvel comic-book legend Stan Lee flying overhead on a bouquet of giant balloons - just a few signs that Spike TV's "Scream 2009" is different from other awards shows. | JAM! Showbiz -
Spike TV's Scream special celebrates our nation's vampires
10/14/09 Anne Rice saw to that while she was making her fortune turning vampires into the kind of delicate camp caricatures you see hosting cooking shows on Bravo. | TV Squad -
Do True Blood's Steve and Sarah Newlin seem like Joel and Victoria Osteen?
10/14/09 True Blood is on hiatus until next year, so I'll do whatever it takes to feed my fixation -- even if it means bringing down a popular pastor and televangelist. | TV Squad -
Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer's Romance Not True Secret at Work
10/11/09 They purposely played down their romance on set – even fooling their costars – but True Blood creator Alan Ball says he was on to Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer from the start. | People -
Virginia's 'Filthy' Waters
10/08/09 The Virginia Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 2009 edition. | Variety -
TV Squad Ten: My favorite HBO shows
09/29/09 HBO has slowly become my favorite network over the past few years. | TV Squad -
It's Your Turn to Chat With the Brilliant Minds Behind True Blood
09/28/09 All right, that was a bit much, but we just can't hide our excitement. | E! Online