
Ryan Murphy
9 FOLLOWERS • 42 CREDITS • NOV 9, 1965 • 59
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

Ratched

The Prom

The Beauty

Mid-Century Modern

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

American Horror Story

FEUD

Circus of Books

Hollywood

Scream Queens

Grotesquerie

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Eat Pray Love

American Sports Story

POSE

All's Fair

American Love Story

American Crime Story

Halston

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

9-1-1

Glee

Monsters

Glee: The Concert Movie

The New Normal

A Secret Love

Doctor Odyssey

Nip/Tuck

The Politician

The Original Monster

The Watcher

9-1-1: Lone Star

Pretty/Handsome

The Boys in the Band

American Horror Stories
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