Alan Poul

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Alan Poul
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Born
Alan Mark Poul

(1954-05-01) May 1, 1954 (age 70) [1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. [1]
Alma mater Yale University [2]
Occupation(s)Director, producer
Spouse
Ari Karpel
​
(m. 2017)​

Alan Mark Poul (born May 1, 1954) is an American film producer and television director.

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Career

Poul served as executive producer for the HBO original series, Six Feet Under , on which he made his directing debut. He directed four episodes of the series from seasons two through five. [3]

He later directed the pilot for CBS' series Swingtown , of which he directed a total of four episodes. He also directed the 2010 CBS Films romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan , originally titled Plan B. [4]

He signed a new deal with HBO in April 2011. He was an executive producer of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom . [5] He directed seven episodes of the show, including the series finale.

Poul was an executive producer on Tokyo Vice and directed the final episode of its first season, Yoshino. [6] He is fluent in Japanese. [6]

Poul has been nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys, a Directors Guild of America award, and won a News & Documentary Emmy Award in Outstanding Historical Program for The Pacific Century . [7]

Credits

Producer

Film
Television

Television director

  • Six Feet Under (2001) 4 episodes:
    • episode 2.10 "The Secret" (2002)
    • episode 3.04 "Nobody Sleeps" (2003)
    • episode 4.05 "That's My Dog" (2004)
    • episode 5.04 "Time Flies" (2005)
  • Rome (2005), 2 episodes:
  • Big Love (2006) 2 episodes:
  • Swingtown (2008) 4 episodes:
    • episode 1.01 "Pilot" (2008)
    • episode 1.02 "Love Will Find a Way" (2008)
    • episode 1.08 "Puzzlerama" (2008)
    • episode 1.13 "Take It To The Limit" (2008)
  • The Newsroom (2012–13), 7 episodes:
    • episode 1.04 "I'll Try to Fix You" (2012)
    • episode 1.09 "The Blackout Part II: Mock Debate" (2012)
    • episode 2.01 "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers" (2013)
    • episode 2.05 "News Night with Will McAvoy" (2013)
    • episode 2.09 "Election Night, Part II" (2013)
    • episode 3.03 "Main Justice" (2014)
    • episode 3.06 "What Kind of Day Has It Been" (2014)
  • Tales of the City (2019), 3 episodes:

Theatre

"Vagabond Stars" 1978 (lyricist) Pre-Broadway: Berkshire Theatre Festival. Starring: Lewis Stadlen, Marilyn Sokol, Robert M. Rosen aka Robert Ozn, Paul Kreppel

References

  1. 1 2 Alan Mark Poul Biography (1954–)
  2. ↑ "Association of Yale Alumni lists Poul 76 as Gold Host". Archived from the original on April 10, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Buchanan, Kyle (December 18, 2007). "The gigolo grows up". The Advocate . Retrieved April 2, 2008.
  4. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (February 2, 2009). "Alan Poul picks 'Plan B'". Variety.{https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/alan-poul-picks-plan-b-1117999458/}
  5. ↑ "Alan Poul Inks Overall Deal with HBO, Joins Aaron Sorkin's Cable News Pilot as EP". April 11, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Motamayor, Rafael (May 31, 2022). "Every Language Everywhere All at Once". Vulture. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Alan Poul". IMDb. Retrieved February 4, 2022.


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