Ryan Murphy

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 19992001 NipTuck 20032010 Glee 20092015 American Horror Story 2011present Scream Queens 20152016 American Crime Story 2016present Pose 20182021 911 2018present The Politician 20192020 911 Lone Star 2020present Ratched 2020present American Horror Stories 2021present 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 Gilberts memoir Eat Pray Love the 2014 film adaptation of Larry Kramers 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