Ryan Murphy
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Biography
Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer.
He is best known for creating and producing a number of television series including Popular (1999–2001), Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), Glee (2009–2015), American Horror Story (2011–present), Scream Queens (2015–2016), American Crime Story (2016–present), Pose (2018–2021), 9-1-1 (2018–present), The Politician (2019–2020), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–present), Ratched (2020), American Horror Stories (2021–present), and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). Murphy also directed the 2006 film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir Running with Scissors, the 2010 film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat, Pray, Love, the 2014 film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart, and the 2020 film adaptation of the musical The Prom.
Murphy has received six Primetime Emmy Awards from 36 nominations, a Tony Award from two nominations, and two Grammy Award nominations. He has often been cited as "the most powerful man" in modern television, including having signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalised characters to the masses".
Known For
Production Credits
The Politician
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The Prom
American Crime Story
Doctor Odyssey
American Sports Story
Nip/Tuck
The Beauty
Hollywood
Ratched
9-1-1: Lone Star
Glee
Grotesquerie
A Secret Love
The Watcher
Halston
Mid-Century Modern
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
FEUD
American Horror Story
The New Normal
Eat Pray Love
The Boys in the Band
9-1-1
POSE
Scream Queens
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Glee: The Concert Movie
American Love Story
American Horror Stories
Circus of Books
All's Fair
Monsters
Pretty/Handsome
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