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