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Ryan Murphy
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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 in…
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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".
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2026
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
The Shards
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
Love Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
The Beauty
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
All's Fair
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
9-1-1: Nashville
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Mid-Century Modern
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Doctor Odyssey
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Grotesquerie
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
The Watcher
TV show Writer
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2022
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Movie Producer
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2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
The Kardashians
TV show Self
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2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
American Horror Stories
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Pray Away
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Halston
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
The Prom
Movie Producer
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2020
The Boys in the Band
Movie Producer
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2020
Ratched
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Movie Director
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2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Movie Self
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2020
Hollywood
TV show Writer
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2020
A Secret Love
Movie Producer
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2020
9-1-1: Lone Star
TV show Writer
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2019
The Politician
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
Circus of Books
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
POSE
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
9-1-1
TV show Writer
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2017
FEUD
TV show Executive Producer
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2016
American Crime Story
TV show Director
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2015
Scream Queens
TV show Director
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Movie Producer
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2014
Trailblazer Honors
TV show Self - Honoree
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2014
The Normal Heart
Movie Director
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2014
Open
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