
Ryan Murphy
9 FOLLOWERS • 44 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

American Horror Stories

The Andy Warhol Diaries

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

The Beauty

Circus of Books

All's Fair

Glee

The Politician

9-1-1: Lone Star

Glee: The Concert Movie

Hollywood

American Horror Story

American Sports Story

9-1-1

Ratched

The New Normal

American Love Story

The Boys in the Band

A Secret Love

Monsters

Eat Pray Love

POSE

FEUD

American Crime Story

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Grotesquerie

Nip/Tuck

Doctor Odyssey

Halston

Mid-Century Modern

Pretty/Handsome

The Original Monster

The Watcher

Scream Queens

The Prom
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