Ryan Murphy is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He became widely known for his work on the creation of a number of successful series, including the television drama "Parts of the Body" and the comedy musical drama "Chorus", which was released on Fox.
Ryan Murphy, the owner of the prestigious Golden Globe and Emmy film awards, in 2010 directed the film adaptation of the best-selling film by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love. And in 2014, he presented his next directorial work based on Larry Kramer’s script “Ordinary Heart”, which received admired reviews from both viewers and film critics.
Biography
Ryan Murphy was born November 30, 1965 in Indianapolis, a city located in the Midwestern United States, Indiana. From the little information about the childhood of this talented director, it is known that Ryan grew up in an Irish Catholic family. He has a brother Darren Murphy.
One of the oldest buildings on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington Photo: Nyttend / Wikimedia Commons
Ryan Murphy attended Warren Central High School. After secondary education, he decided to enter one of the leading national universities in the United States - Indiana University in Bloomington. Having successfully graduated from the university, Ryan Murphy joined the ranks of the famous graduates of this educational institution, among which there are Nobel laureates, McArthur scholars, winners of the Emmy, Grammy, Pulitzer Prizes and others.
Career and creativity
The future director and screenwriter began his professional career with the activities of a journalist in The Miami Herald, which has been published in Miami since 1903. He also managed to work for the reputable American newspaper Los Angeles Times, one of America’s most circulated print media, the New York Daily News, Knoxville News Sentinel, and Entertainment Weekly.
In the late 1990s, Murphy began writing scripts. One of them, titled “Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn”, was bought by one of America’s most successful and outstanding filmmakers, Steven Spielberg.
American director, screenwriter, producer Stephen SpielbergPhoto: Dick Thomas Johnson / Wikimedia Commons
In addition, Ryan tried his hand at television projects. Together with film producer and writer Gina Matthews, he created a comedy series for teens called "The Best." Murphy's debut television work, which tells about the life of a group of teenagers, gained great popularity and was broadcast from 1999 to 2001.
Then, Ryan Murphy presented another work entitled "Parts of the Body", in which he directed, scriptwriter and producer at the same time. The premiere of the story of the life of two talented plastic surgeons took place on July 18, 2003 and aired until 2010. "Body Parts" by Ryan Murphy have won prestigious Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
The next notable work of the director was the film "On the Edge" (2006), shot in the genre of comedy drama. An autobiographical film, the script of which is based on the memoirs of Augustin Burroughs, tells about the young years of the life of an American writer. The success of the picture was largely predetermined by the cast, which included Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brian Cox, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Fiennes and others.
In 2009, the premiere of the musical comedy-drama series "Chorus", which was broadcast on Fox. In addition to Murphy himself, his friend and colleague Brad Falchak and television screenwriter Ian Brennan took part in the creation of the television series. "Chorus" is a story of a difficult relationship between members of a school choir, its leader and coach of a support team. The main roles were invited Diana Agron, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Leah Michel, Matthew Morrison, Kevin McHale and others. The series received positive reviews from critics, as well as many nominations and awards of various film awards, including Emmy, Golden Globe, Sputnik.
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The attention of both viewers and film critics was also attracted by Murphy's next creation, “Eat, Pray, Love” (2010), which became an adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel of the same name. The main role in the film was played by Hollywood star Julia Roberts, who continued to collaborate with the director in his next work, “Ordinary Heart”. The 2014 feature television movie also starred Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch and Jim Parsons. The film won the Fourth Critics' Choice Award in the Best Film category.
In 2014, Ryan Murphy, together with American film producer Jason Bloom, created the film “A City Afraid of the Sunset, ” which became a remake of the eponymous thriller directed by Charles B. Pierce, filmed in 1976.
The next few years, Murphy primarily worked on the creation of series. In 2016, he presented a criminal picture based on the real events of the American Crime History. In 2017, the animated film "Enmity" was released, and a year later two dramatic series - "Pose" and "9-1-1".
