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 is best known for writing the screenplay for the dramedy film American Beauty (1999), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also created the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005) and True Blood (2008–2014), and served as an executive producer on the Cinemax action drama series Banshee (2013–2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Ball has received more than 62,376 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Ball is the 1,136th most popular film director (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 7,352nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,334th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Ball ranks 1,136 out of 2,041. Before him are Herschell Gordon Lewis, Luis Alcoriza, Maurice Cloche, Pete Docter, Shawn Levy, and Wally Pfister. After him are Ron Clements, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Guru Dutt, Oleg Sentsov, Chuck Russell, and Gabriele Salvatores.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alan Ball ranks 301. Before him are Roberto Azevêdo, Lluís Homar, Gordon Strachan, Erik Hamrén, Michael Hurst, and Michael Bowen. After him are Peter Murphy, Kenyu Horiuchi, Renée Soutendijk, Richard Powers, Paolo Nespoli, and Giuseppe Saronni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Ball ranks 7,352 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Metcalfe (1910), Eve Ensler (1953), George Underwood (1884), Christina Milian (1981), Stubby Kaye (1918), and Riley Reid (1991). After him are Bella Thorne (1997), Ronda Rousey (1987), Leslie West (1945), Michael Nesmith (1942), Dorothy Provine (1935), and Kane Hodder (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan Ball ranks 283. Before him are James Foley (1953), James Algar (1912), Alan Taylor (1959), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Pete Docter (1968), and Wally Pfister (1961). After him are Ron Clements (1953), Chuck Russell (1958), Jon Turteltaub (1963), William Castle (1914), Daniel Mann (1912), and David R. Ellis (1952).

American born Film Directors

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