Ryan Murphy
- November 9, 1965 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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
Filmography
- Brides of Blood · Creator
- Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story · Executive producer
- The Shards · Executive producer, Writer
- Love Story · Executive producer
- The Beauty · Executive producer, Writer
- All's Fair · Executive producer, Director
- 9-1-1: Nashville · Executive producer, Writer
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story · Executive producer
- Mid-Century Modern · Executive producer
- 9-1-1: Buzzkill · Creator
- Doctor Odyssey · Executive producer, Writer
- Grotesquerie · Executive producer, Writer
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story · Executive producer, Writer
- American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez · Executive producer
- The Watcher · Writer, Director
- Mr. Harrigan's Phone · Producer
- DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story · Executive producer, Writer
- Monster (2022) · Creator
- The Kardashians · Self
- The Andy Warhol Diaries · Executive producer
- American Horror Stories · Executive producer, Writer
- Pray Away · Executive producer
- Halston · Executive producer, Writer
- The Prom · Director, Producer
- The Boys in the Band · Producer
- Ratched · Executive producer, Director
- Pose-a-Thon for Pride · Director
- Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall · Self
- Hollywood · Writer, Executive producer
- A Secret Love · Producer
- 9-1-1: Lone Star · Writer, Executive producer
- The Politician · Executive producer, Creator
- Circus of Books · Executive producer
- POSE · Executive producer, Director
- 9-1-1 · Writer, Executive producer
- FEUD · Executive producer, Director
- American Crime Story · Director, Executive producer
- Scream Queens · Director, Writer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown · Producer
- Trailblazer Honors · Self
- The Normal Heart · Director, Executive producer
- Open · Executive producer, Writer
- Mentiras Perfectas · Creator
- The New Normal · Director, Writer
- Glee: Keep on Believin' · Self
- Monster · Executive producer
- American Horror Story · Writer, Director
- Glee: The Concert Movie · Backstage Interviewer (voice) (uncredited), Writer
- The Glee Project · Self, Creator
- Eat Pray Love · Director, Screenplay
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Glee · Writer, Director
- Pretty/Handsome · Director, Writer
- Factory Girl · Assistant Editor
- Running with Scissors · Director, Producer
- Nip/Tuck · Writer, Director
- Popular · Writer, Director
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Janet · Producer
- Pretty/Handsome · Director, Writer