Alan Ball is an American screenwriter best known for writing the movie American Beauty and the TV shows Six Feet Under and True Blood.
He is particularly notable for writing American Beauty and for creating Six Feet Under and True Blood, work which earned him an Academy Award, an Emmy, and awards from the Writers, Directors, and Producers Guilds.
Alan Ball is the most capped England player and the only World Cup winner ever to play for Bristol Rovers. The midfielder was signed for Rovers by manager Bobby Gould at the end of a long and distinguished playing career that saw him play 72 times for his country, before finally hanging up his boots in 1983 having scored twice in 17 league games for The Pirates.