Ryan Murphy: biography, career, films

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

There are enough bright personalities in the firmament of cinema, but there are not so many truly legendary among them. Associations with the name Ryan Murphy arise exclusively from the films "A Day in the Life of Brittany", "Eat, Pray, Love" and the series "American Horror Story", "Body Parts" and "Glee".

Ryan is truly a multifaceted personality. He is not only a talented screenwriter and director, Murphy successfully produces projects that subsequently gain their audience and become popular. He has a special gift for predicting success, and many who have worked with him have noticed this.

We would like to talk today about Ryan Murphy not only as a person who has taken a huge niche in the film industry and on television, but also as a simple person who is not alien to all mundane blessings: happiness and love.

Childhood and early youth

Ryan was born on November 30, 1965 in Indiana (Indianapolis). Here he spent all his childhood and youth, and it was then that tastes were formed in him.and preferences of the future successful person. Personal experience helped a lot. Ryan Murphy attended Indiana University Bloomington. But this did not even affect the disclosure of his talents. At first, amateur articles in the student newspaper and singing in the local choir played a colossal role in the issue of becoming a professional. Gradually, the passion took shape, like a diamond, with a professional look and feeling. But what was the starting point in the issue of recognition by the audience?

Debut and career

Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald are the names of those newspapers and periodicals in which the future director worked. Ryan Murphy, whose career took shape gradually, stubbornly walked towards his goal. In the late 90s, he was able to ensure that films began to be made according to his scripts. The debut was the series "The Best", after which Ryan began to receive interesting offers. But still he did not yet have serious fees. It wasn't until years later that it gained general acceptance. In 2009, Ryan received an Emmy Award. Murphy received it for the project "Glee" - a series that combines elements of different genres. Real eclecticism, each element of which looks very harmonious.

Critics note: Ryan Murphy, whose films are always diverse, is distinguished by the ability to combine several genres and directions. This creates a complete picture. That is the special skill of the director. Yes, and such awards as "Sputnik", "Golden Globe", in the Murphy collection are far fromsingle instances. But the director himself is always critical of himself.

Private life

The viewer is interested to know how a movie star manifests himself outside of his work. Especially when everyone is talking about it. Ryan Murphy, whose personal life is provocative for some, has long admitted that he is an adherent of unconventional views. He lives with renowned photographer David Miller. Not so long ago, the couple got a baby. For this, a lot of money was spent on a surrogate mother. In general, Ryan is quite brave in this matter: he was not afraid to voice his addictions. Many criticized the writer and director for this, while others appreciated the honesty. But creativity is much more important. If a person is talented, pleases the audience, then why should anyone care about his orientation? Judge not lest you be judged, as they say.

Not just a job, but a well-appreciated masterpiece

Among the films and projects to which Ryan Murphy is directly involved, in the sense that it was thanks to his work that the films received awards and prizes, the following are worth noting:

1. Film "The Furies", released in 1999 (screenwriter).
2. The series "Parts of the Body", which delighted the audience in the period from 2003 to 2010. Murphy acted here not only as the author of the script, but also as an executive producer and director. The project was nominated for many awards (45), and received: Golden Globe, Emmy Award. It is worth saying that thisthe figure is a huge success for a multi-part project.
3. The film "On the island's edge" about the life of the writer Augustin Burroughs. Here Murphy, just as in "Parts of the Body", took on the role of screenwriter, and director, and producer.
4. The series "Glee" with musical elements (director) from 2009 to 2011, and since 2011 Murphy has become an executive producer of the project.
5. 2010 film "Eat Pray Love" with Julia Roberts and Javier Barden (director and writer).
6. A horror series where each season is a standalone episode with a different plot from the previous one, American Horror Story. The project led by Ryan Murphy (executive producer, director, screenwriter) was released in 2011 and is broadcast to this day.
7. Featured adaptation of Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" - 2014 (director, writer, executive producer).
8. The series "American Crime Story", which has been on the screens since 2016.

Murphy has big plans for the future. He is not going to stop there and has already planned several grandiose large-scale projects. For example, last year - the series "9-1-1", the pilot episode of which was already released on January 3, 2018.