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