
Ryan Murphy
10 FOLLOWERS • 47 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

The New Normal

9-1-1: Lone Star

POSE

Ratched

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

The Prom

Circus of Books

Mid-Century Modern

Scream Queens

FEUD

Nip/Tuck

Love Story

Monster: Lizzie Borden

The Andy Warhol Diaries

The Politician

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Glee: The Concert Movie

American Crime Story

Glee

Halston

9-1-1

American Horror Story

Hollywood

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Grotesquerie

The Boys in the Band

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Eat Pray Love

A Secret Love

Doctor Odyssey

American Horror Stories

Pretty/Handsome

All's Fair

American Sports Story

The Beauty

9-1-1: Nashville

The Watcher

The Shards
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