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Ryan Murphy is an Emmy®, Golden Globe®, Tony® and Peabody® Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director. He is responsible for some of the most culturally relevant and widely watched series on television and for some of the most successful films over the past 20 years. On television, Murphy created such classic shows as Glee, Nip/Tuck, Popular, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Pose, FEUD, Scream Queens, as well as the Monster anthology series and 9-1-1 franchise, which has regularly occupied the spot as the most popular show on broadcast television. Murphy was the recipient of the Carol Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award from the Golden Globes Foundation in recognition of his groundbreaking career in television in 2023.Murphy’s iconic Glee ran for six seasons, starting in 2009, gaining 40 Emmy nominations and six wins throughout its run, as well as 10 Golden Globe nominations and four wins. Murphy’s American Horror Story debuted in 2012 and has since had 12 seasons, which have won 17 Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes. Murphy’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was released in 2016 and earned 10 Emmys, including Outstanding Limited Series, and two Golden Globes, including Best Television Limited Series. The second installment, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, won seven Emmy Awards in 2018, including Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series for Murphy and Outstanding Limited Series, and won two Golden Globes for Best Television Limited Series and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series. Murphy’s FX drama, Pose, earned 20 Emmy nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Billy Porter in 2019, and six Golden Globes nominations and one win. 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 and received five Emmy nominations, winning one, and one Golden Globe nomination. Murphy’s first installment of the FX drama FEUD, titled Bette and Joan, was released in March 2017 and won two Emmy Awards and earned four Golden Globe nominations. The following installment, FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, premiered in January 2024, garnering 10 Emmy nominations and one win, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.Murphy also wrote and produced several series for Netflix including Halston, which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe; Hollywood, nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe; The Politician, 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 and three Golden Globe nominations; and The Watcher, starring Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale and Jennifer Coolidge. Murphy also created the wildly successful Monster franchise, starting with Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters, which is the fourth most successful series in the history of Netflix, with one billion hours viewed in its first 60 days, and was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, winning one, and four Golden Globe nominations, winning one; and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story starring Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch, which gained three Golden Globe nominations and 11 Emmy nominations. The third installment, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, starring Charlie Hunnam, Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander debuted on Netflix in October 2025. Murphy also produced several critically acclaimed documentaries, including The Andy Warhol Diaries, Circus of Books and My Secret Love.Other recent projects include All’s Fair, a legal drama for Hulu starring Kim Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close and Naomi Watts; 9-1-1: Nashville, a spin-off of the popular 9-1-1 series starring Chris O’Donnell and Jessica Capshaw; Mid-Century Modern; American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez; Grotesquerie and Doctor Odyssey.On stage, Murphy received a Tony Award for producing the 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 and the box office hit Eat Pray Love. 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's annual 100 Most Influential People list.Murphy’s upcoming projects include Love Story, about the relationship of JFK Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette featuring Naomi Watts as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; The Shards, a series based on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, starring Kaia Gerber; and the fourth installment of the Monster series, starring Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps and Rebecca Hall, which will focus on the infamous axe-wielding Lizzie Borden.

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

Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer | FX’s The Beauty

The Beauty

Ryan Murphy

Matthew Hodgson

Evan Peters
as Cooper Madsen / Executive Producer

Anthony Ramos
as The Assassin / Executive Producer

Ryan Murphy | Executive Producer | FX’s The Beauty

Ryan Murphy

Evan Petersas Cooper Madsen / Executive Producer

Anthony Ramosas The Assassin / Executive Producer

Evan Peters
as Cooper Madsen / Executive Producer

Anthony Ramos
as The Assassin / Executive Producer