
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

The Watcher

POSE

The Politician

FEUD

9-1-1: Lone Star

Doctor Odyssey

American Horror Story

Pretty/Handsome

Glee: The Concert Movie

Ratched

Mid-Century Modern

American Horror Stories

Nip/Tuck

Halston

The Andy Warhol Diaries

American Love Story

Circus of Books

The Original Monster

American Crime Story

The Prom

The Boys in the Band

Scream Queens

9-1-1

Monsters

All's Fair

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

The Beauty

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Glee

The New Normal

Grotesquerie

Eat Pray Love

A Secret Love

American Sports Story

Hollywood
Originals for Netflix
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