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
Mid-Century Modern
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
All's Fair
The Prom
American Love Story
Glee: The Concert Movie
Glee
Scream Queens
Nip/Tuck
Hollywood
Grotesquerie
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
American Horror Stories
American Sports Story
Circus of Books
Doctor Odyssey
American Horror Story
The Boys in the Band
FEUD
Eat Pray Love
American Crime Story
Pretty/Handsome
POSE
Ratched
The Politician
A Secret Love
Halston
The New Normal
The Watcher
9-1-1
9-1-1: Lone Star
The Beauty
Monsters
The Andy Warhol Diaries
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