Ryan Murphy
3 FOLLOWERS • 36 CREDITS • NOV 9, 1965 • 58
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–present), 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
Grotesquerie
Pose
The New Normal
Nip/Tuck
Hollywood
Pretty/Handsome
American Horror Stories
American Horror Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Circus of Books
Glee: The Concert Movie
Eat Pray Love
Halston
American Crime Story
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Politician
American Sports Story
9-1-1: Lone Star
FEUD
The Boys in the Band
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
American Love Story
Scream Queens
Glee
The Watcher
The Prom
A Secret Love
9-1-1
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