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Ryan Murphy
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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".
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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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Golden Globe Awards
The Kardashians
Scream Queens
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Glee Project
Glee: The Concert Movie
Glee: Keep on Believin'
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Production Credits
Mid-Century Modern
American Crime Story
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
The Beauty
POSE
The Boys in the Band
A Secret Love
Ratched
Nip/Tuck
FEUD
Doctor Odyssey
All's Fair
Glee: The Concert Movie
Eat Pray Love
Hollywood
The Prom
9-1-1
American Horror Story
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Circus of Books
The New Normal
American Sports Story
Glee
Scream Queens
Grotesquerie
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Pretty/Handsome
The Watcher
American Horror Stories
9-1-1: Lone Star
Halston
Love Story
The Original Monster
Monsters
9-1-1: Nashville
The Politician
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