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