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Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful man" in modern television and signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalized characters to the masses." His accolades include six Pr…
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Born 9 November 1965 · Q316844
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Public attention spiked: 5,373 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 1,527, with 3 article edits. Coverage that week: “Ryan Murphy’s The Shards Could Be Much Longer Than Fans Expected” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: Ryan Murphy’s The Shards Could Be Much Longer Than Fans Expected
Yahoo: Ryan Murphy Revealed Big AHS Season 13 Details For Evan Peters And More, And We May Know Who The Villain Is
AOL: Ryan Murphy’s Sexually Charged Erotic Thriller Has Taken Over Streaming
Public attention spiked: 6,005 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 1,527, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,823 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.8× the usual 1,527, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Frequent collaborators added confirmed characters
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Awarded Carol Burnett Award (2023).
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Murphy wrote for and executive produced Halston, a miniseries about the designer Halston starring Ewan McGregor
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Rob Lowe revealed via Instagram that he was in discussions with Murphy to play Joe Exotic in a scripted adaptation of Tiger King
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Murphy was developing a 10-part miniseries adaptation of A Chorus Line and a biopic on the actress Marlene Dietrich starring Jessica Lange for Netflix
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It was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered in 2019
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018).
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Awarded VH1 Trailblazer Honors (2018).
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Netflix signed Murphy for a development deal with compensation of $300 million over a period of five years
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Murphy was developing a MeToo anthology series called Consent
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Murphy co-created the police procedural drama 9-1-1 and also served as its director, writer and executive producer
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Murphy launched the Half Initiative, which aims to make Hollywood more inclusive by creating equal opportunities for women and minorities behind the camera
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Murphy was developing a feature film of the life of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, based on the best-selling book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Glee (2010).
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Murphy directed an adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat, Pray, Love
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Murphy's musical comedy-drama series, Glee, premiered on Fox
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Murphy wrote and directed the FX pilot Pretty/Handsome, which also was not picked up
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Murphy wrote the screenplay for and directed the feature film Running with Scissors, based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs
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Murphy earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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During the height of the initial AIDS crisis, Murphy described his concern about contracting HIV while at college, getting tested frequently even when celibate
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In an interview about his show Pose, which is set in 1987, during the height of the initial AIDS crisis, Murphy described his concern about contracting HIV while at college, getting tested frequently even when celibate.
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Born 1965-11-09.
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In Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was raised in a Catholic family
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