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Ryan Murphy
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 9, 1965 (59 years)
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".
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
| 2025 | American Love Story (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Doctor Odyssey (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | American Sports Story (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Watcher (2022) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Monster (2022) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Andy Warhol Diaries (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Pray Away · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | American Horror Stories (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Halston (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Ratched (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Hollywood (2020) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Politician (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Circus of Books · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Pose (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Feud (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | American Crime Story (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Scream Queens (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Open · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The New Normal (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | The Glee Project (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Pretty/Handsome · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | |
| 1999 | Popular (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |