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