ABOUT ALAN BALL
Known for writing the Academy Award-winning film American Beauty and the TV series True Blood on HBO.
He began writing plays after graduating from Florida State University.
He also created Six Feet Under, another popular HBO series.
His father Frank was an aircraft inspector. His mother Mary was a homemaker. He enjoyed the company of his pet parrots.
He provided a starring vehicle on Six Feet Under for Michael C. Hall .
