Alan Poul
Credits: TOKYO VICE
ALAN POUL is a distinguished producer and director of film and television who across his career has received an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Producers Guild Award, three Peabody Awards and five GLAAD Awards. His feature film producing credits include Paul Schrader’s Mishima and Light of Day, Ridley Scott’s Black Rain, and Bernard Rose’s Candyman. Television producing and directing credits include Six Feet Under, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, The Newsroom, and The Eddy. Poul is Executive Producer and Director on the Max original series Tokyo Vice. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Yale University with a degree in Japanese Language and Literature, and currently serves on the boards of directors of Film Independent and Playwrights Horizons. He was also appointed in 2023 as a Tourism Ambassador for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.