
Ryan Murphy
9 FOLLOWERS • 45 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

Doctor Odyssey

American Sports Story

Glee

Hollywood

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

The Original Monster

The Watcher

American Horror Stories

Eat Pray Love

Ratched

The New Normal

FEUD

Monsters

American Crime Story

Glee: The Concert Movie

9-1-1: Lone Star

Circus of Books

The Beauty

A Secret Love

Scream Queens

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Pretty/Handsome

Nip/Tuck

Grotesquerie

9-1-1: Nashville

9-1-1

American Horror Story

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

American Love Story

The Prom

All's Fair

The Boys in the Band

Halston

Mid-Century Modern

POSE

The Politician
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