Aaron Hernandez

American Sports Story

Ryan Murphy is an Emmy®, Golden Globe®, Tony® and Peabody Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director. He created the cult-favorite series Popular, Golden Globe-winning television drama Nip/Tuck, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series Glee, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning anthology series American Horror Story and American Crime Story, Emmy-winning anthology series FEUD, Pose, Scream Queens and 9-1-1.Murphy’s first installment of American Crime Story, The People v. O.J. Simpson, was released in 2016 and earned 10 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series. The second installment, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, won seven Emmy Awards in 2018, including Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series and Outstanding Limited Series, and two Golden Globes for Best Television Limited Series and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series. Murphy’s FX drama Pose has earned 20 Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Billy Porter in 2019. The show also made history by featuring the largest transgender series regular cast and the largest LGBTQ+ cast ever for a scripted series. The third installment of American Crime Story, Impeachment, was released in September 2021. Murphy’s first installment of the FX drama FEUD: Bette and Joan, was released in March 2017 and won two Emmy Awards. The following installment of FX’s FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, premiered this January.Murphy recently wrote, directed and produced several series for Netflix including Halston, which was nominated for five Emmy awards; Hollywood, which was nominated for 12 Emmy awards; The Politician, which was nominated for eight Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, including Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy; Ratched, which had 48 million viewers in its first 28 days after release and received four Emmy Award nominations; The Andy Warhol Diaries, which premiered in March 2022; The Watcher, starring Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale and Jennifer Coolidge; and Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters, which received 701.37M hours viewed in its first three weeks and was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards.On stage, Murphy produced the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit The Boys in the Band starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer. In 2020, he produced a film adaptation of the play for Netflix featuring the same cast.Murphy directed the HBO movie The Normal Heart, which received Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. He also wrote and directed the Golden Globe-nominated film Running with Scissors, starring Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow, and the box office hit Eat, Pray, Love, starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. Murphy most recently directed the feature adaptation of the Broadway hit The Prom, which received two Golden Globe nominations including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.In 2018, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2019, he was selected as a “Titan” for TIME Magazine’s annual 100 Most Influential People list.His upcoming projects include Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story based on the story of the infamous brothers murdering their parents in 1989, Dr. Odyssey starring Joshua Jackson and his untitled legal drama for Hulu starring Kim Kardashian.

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Ryan Murphy is an Emmy®, Golden Globe®, Tony® and Peabody® Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director.

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Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer | American Sports Story on FX

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

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