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 59,284 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 7,351st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,334th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alan Balls by language

Over the past year Alan Ball has had the most page views in the with 13,935 views, followed by French (7,431), and Russian (6,555). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (77.48%), Portuguese (61.83%), and Spanish (61.14%)

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.

Others Born in 1957

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Ball ranks 7,351 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).

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Filmography

American Beauty
Director
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Sep 15o 19998.018 / 10
True Blood
Director
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
7.624 / 10
Six Feet Under
Director
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
8.101 / 10