Alan Poul

Alan Poul is an American film and television producer and director with a long and distinguished record. Among the shows on which he has served as both Executive Producer and Director are "Six Feet Under," "The Newsroom," "Tales of the City," "Swingtown," and "The Eddy." Over the course of his career he has received an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Producers Guild Awards, three Peabody Awards, and six GLAAD Awards. Other television producing credits include "My So-Called Life" (Producer), "MotherFatherSon" (Executive Producer), "The Pacific Century" (Producer, Emmy Award), and "Westworld" (Consulting Producer, Season 1). Additional television directing credits include "Rome," "Big Love," "Grace and Frankie," "The Big C," and the pilots for "GCB" and "Perception." In 2003 he was nominated for both the DGA Award and the Directing Emmy for the "Nobody Sleeps" episode of "Six Feet Under." Prominent in his television work has been his long association with author Armistead Maupin,