Alan Ball

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.

Dir. Sam Mendes · With Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch

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.

Dir. Alan Ball · With Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy

In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.

Dir. Alan Ball · With Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. 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.

Dir. Alan Ball · With Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Dir. Alan Ball · With Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette