Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Ryan Murphy

  • Birthday:

    1965-11-09

  • Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Creator

  • Popularity: 1.4619
  • Also Known As

    Ryan Patrick Murphy

Ryan Murphy

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".

Top Movie Cast

Glee: The Concert Movie
Glee: The Concert Movietrue- Backstage Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

2011-08-11

7.3
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Halltrue- Self

2020-05-20

7.8
Glee: Keep on Believin'
Glee: Keep on Believin'true- Self

2012-04-10

10.0

Top Movie Crew

Running with Scissors
Running with Scissorstrue

Writing

2006-10-27

5.8
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissorstrue

Directing

2006-10-27

5.8
Running with Scissors
Running with Scissorstrue

Production

2006-10-27

5.8
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Lovetrue

Directing

2010-08-12

6.2
Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Lovetrue

Writing

2010-08-12

6.2
Glee: The Concert Movie
Glee: The Concert Movietrue

Writing

2011-08-11

7.3
The Normal Heart
The Normal Hearttrue

Directing

2014-05-25

7.7
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
Mr. Harrigan's Phonetrue

Production

2022-10-05

6.4
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
The Town that Dreaded Sundowntrue

Production

2014-10-16

5.7
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Pose-a-Thon for Pridetrue

Directing

2020-06-26

1.0
Glee: The Concert Movie
Glee: The Concert Movietrue

Production

2011-08-11

7.3
Pray Away
Pray Awaytrue

Production

2021-06-16

6.7
Factory Girl
Factory Girltrue

Editing

2006-12-29

6.0
Open
Opentrue

Production

2014-01-01

4.2
Open
Opentrue

Writing

2014-01-01

4.2
Open
Opentrue

Directing

2014-01-01

4.2
The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Bandtrue

Production

2020-09-30

6.8
The Prom
The Promtrue

Production

2020-12-02

6.1
The Prom
The Promtrue

Directing

2020-12-02

6.1
Circus of Books
Circus of Bookstrue

Production

2019-04-26

7.0
A Secret Love
A Secret Lovetrue

Production

2020-04-29

7.3
The Normal Heart
The Normal Hearttrue

Production

2014-05-25

7.7

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