Nancy Oliver

Had a career in rock and roll worked out for Nancy Oliver, audiences might have missed out on some of the freshest and most innovative scripts of the early 21st century. Thankfully, Oliver’s musical ambitions never came to fruition, and she turned her talents to writing. Penning and producing episodes of longtime friend Alan Ball’s series “Six Feet Under” (HBO, 2001-05) helped to bring a long-gestating feature to fruition. A plea for tolerance and compassion wrapped in the offbeat garb of an introvert’s love for a realistic love doll,…more