10 Showrunners Who Worked On TV Shows You Won't Believe

7. Alan Ball

4. BallCreated: Six Feet Under & True Blood Pedigree: American Beauty You€™d be surprised he worked on: Grace Under Fire, Cybill Ball wrote a play Five Women Wearing the Same Dress which was seen by a staff member of Grace Under Fire who offered him a job. Moving on to Cybill, Ball became increasingly frustrated with his work and was inspired to write American Beauty, which won him an Oscar and a meeting with Carolyn Strauss, HBO executive, who gave Ball a home to write Six Feet Under.
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I'm currently getting my masters in Writing and Publishing in Chicago. I usually fill my time with marathoning great television. My favorite shows are The Sopranos, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Wire, Lost, and so much more. Count on me to write mainly about television.