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FILM DIRECTOR

Alan Ball

1957 - Today

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Alan Erwin Ball (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer and director for film and television. Ball wrote the screenplay for American Beauty, for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also created the HBO series Six Feet Under and True Blood, for which he earned an Emmy as well as awards from the Writers, Directors, and Producers Guilds of America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Ball has received more than 59,647 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alan Ball is the 1,118th most popular film director (down from 1,031st in 2019), the 7,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,059th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Ball ranks 1,118 out of 1,581. Before him are John M. Stahl, Barry Ackroyd, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Pilar Miró, Simon West, and Dariusz Wolski. After him are Luis Alcoriza, Liviu Ciulei, Barbara Hammer, John Musker, Peter Berg, and Richard Rush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alan Ball ranks 282. Before him are François Legault, Pierre Moscovici, Jake E. Lee, Denise Crosby, Giuseppe Saronni, and Faye Grant. After him are Thierry Meyssan, Walter Schachner, Kenyu Horiuchi, Peter Englund, Vladimir Kiselyov, and Simon Donaldson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Ball ranks 7,349 out of 18,182. Before him are Gregory Walcott (1928), Jeffrey Combs (1954), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Nicky Jam (1981), Eve Ensler (1953), and Jerry O'Connell (1974). After him are Sgt. Slaughter (1948), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Blanche Sweet (1896), Susanna Thompson (1958), Kaitlyn Ashley (1971), and Richard Boone (1917).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan Ball ranks 292. Before him are David Koepp (1963), Alan Crosland (1894), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Ted Wilde (1889), Julius J. Epstein (1909), and Pete Docter (1968). After him are Barbara Hammer (1939), John Musker (1953), Peter Berg (1962), Richard Rush (1929), Stan Brakhage (1933), and Alan Taylor (1959).

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Filmography

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