The series is about the life of a family in the business of death. Created and executive produced by Alan Ball, who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar� in 2000 for the smash hit American Beauty.

Using dramatic irony and dark, situational humor, SIX FEET UNDER approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who own and operate Fisher & Sons Funeral Home in Los Angeles. Patriarch Nathaniel Fisher is played by Richard Jenkins; matriarch Ruth is played by Frances Conroy; older son Nate is played by Peter Krause, younger son David is played by Michael C. Hall; and their sister Claire is played by Lauren Ambrose.

Where most directors (and other shallow individuals) dare not tread.