
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

All's Fair

Circus of Books

9-1-1

9-1-1: Lone Star

Doctor Odyssey

American Sports Story

Grotesquerie

Scream Queens

Monsters

American Crime Story

Mid-Century Modern

The Beauty

Halston

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

POSE

A Secret Love

Ratched

Eat Pray Love

The Politician

Pretty/Handsome

The Watcher

Glee: The Concert Movie

American Love Story

The New Normal

The Prom

American Horror Story

Glee

Hollywood

FEUD

The Original Monster

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Nip/Tuck

American Horror Stories

The Boys in the Band

The Andy Warhol Diaries
Originals for Netflix
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