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While a guest on her radio program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," Murphy told interviewer Terry Gross that he got his start in Hollywood while still a journalist when he sold a script called "Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn?" to Steven Spielberg during the 1990s. Murphy said that Spielberg was interested in the script in part because he had directed Hepburn in her last film... See more trivia »

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2011-2012 American Horror Story (TV series)
– Episode #2.1 (2012) (creator)
– Afterbirth (2011) (creator)
– Birth (2011) (creator)
– Smoldering Children (2011) (creator)
– Spooky Little Girl (2011) (creator)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2009-2012 Glee (TV series)
– Goodbye (2012) (creator)
– Nationals (2012) (creator)
– Props (2012) (creator)
– Prom-asaurus (2012) (creator / written by)
– Choke (2012) (creator)
See all 88 episodes »
 
2012 The New Normal (TV series)
 
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (documentary) (characters - uncredited)
 
2010 Eat Pray Love (screenplay)
 
2003-2010 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
– Hiro Yoshimura (2010) (creator / written by)
– Walter and Edith Krieger (2010) (creator)
– Christian Troy II (2010) (creator)
– Dr. Griffin (2010) (creator)
– Virginia Hayes (2010) (creator)
See all 100 episodes »
 
2008 Pretty/Handsome (TV movie) (written by)
 
2006 Running with Scissors (screenplay)
 
2002 St. Sass (TV movie)
 
1999-2001 Popular (TV series)
– Promblems (2001) (creator / written by)
– Don't Tug on Superman's Cape... (2001) (creator)
– I Know What You Did Last Spring Break (2001) (creator / story / teleplay)
– The Brain Game (2001) (creator)
– Coup (2001) (creator)
See all 43 episodes »
 
1999 The Furies (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (12 titles)
2014 The Normal Heart (producer) (pre-production)
 
2012 Glee Live! at Radio City Music Hall (producer) (post-production)
 
2011-2012 The Glee Project (TV series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
– Casting Special (2012) (executive producer)
– Glee-ality (2011) (executive producer)
– Believability (2011) (executive producer)
– Tenacity (2011) (executive producer)
– Pairability (2011) (executive producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2009-2012 Glee (TV series) (executive producer - 66 episodes)
– Goodbye (2012) (executive producer)
– Nationals (2012) (executive producer)
– Props (2012) (executive producer)
– Prom-asaurus (2012) (executive producer)
– Choke (2012) (executive producer)
See all 66 episodes »
 
2012 The New Normal (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2011 American Horror Story (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
– Afterbirth (2011) (executive producer)
– Birth (2011) (executive producer)
– Smoldering Children (2011) (executive producer)
– Spooky Little Girl (2011) (executive producer)
– Rubber Man (2011) (executive producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (documentary) (producer)
 
2003-2010 Nip/Tuck (TV series) (executive producer - 75 episodes)
– Hiro Yoshimura (2010) (executive producer)
– Walter and Edith Krieger (2010) (executive producer)
– Christian Troy II (2010) (executive producer)
– Dr. Griffin (2010) (executive producer)
– Virginia Hayes (2010) (executive producer)
See all 75 episodes »
 
2008 Pretty/Handsome (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 Running with Scissors (producer)
 
2002 St. Sass (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1999 Popular (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– The Phantom Menace (1999) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
Glee (TV series) (executive music producer - 65 episodes, 2009-2012) (producer: featured songs - 43 episodes, 2010-2012) (producer: Misery, Candles, Raise Your Glass / featured songs - 1 episode, 2011) (producer: Silly Love Songs and When I Get You Alone / featured songs - 1 episode, 2011) (producer: Somewhere Only We Know / featured songs - 1 episode, 2011)
– Goodbye (2012) (executive music producer, producer: featured songs)
– Nationals (2012) (executive music producer, producer: featured songs)
– Props (2012) (executive music producer, producer: featured songs)
– Prom-asaurus (2012) (executive music producer, producer: featured songs)
– Choke (2012) (executive music producer, producer: featured songs)
See all 65 episodes »
 
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (documentary) (executive music producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (10 titles)
2014 The Normal Heart (pre-production)
 
2012 The New Normal (TV series)
 
2011 American Horror Story (TV series)
– Pilot (2011)
 
2009-2011 Glee (TV series)
– Sexy (2011)
– The Substitute (2010)
– Britney/Brittany (2010)
– Theatricality (2010)
– The Power of Madonna (2010)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2010 Eat Pray Love
 
2009 Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (video)
 
2008 Pretty/Handsome (TV movie)
 
2003-2006 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
– Gala Gallardo (2006)
– Cindy Plumb (2006)
– Quentin Costa (2005)
– Joan Rivers (2004)
– Erica Noughton (2004)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2006 Running with Scissors
 
2001 Popular (TV series)
– I Know What You Did Last Spring Break (2001)
– The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (2001)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (documentary) (producer: "Don't Stop Believin", "Sing", "Empire State of Mind", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "P.Y.T. Pretty Young Thing", "Ain't No Way", "Jessie's Girl", "Valerie", "Firework", "Teenage Dream", "Silly Love Songs", "Raise Your Glass", "Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy", "Safety Dance", "Lucky", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Forget You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Born This Way", "Loser Like Me", "Somebody to Love")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011 Nuthin' But a Glee Thang (short) (thanks)
 
1998 Gods and Monsters (the producers and director wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
2012 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Creator, Executive Producer, Glee
– Glee: Keep on Believin' (2012) … Himself - Creator, Executive Producer, Glee
 
2012 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Glee (2012) … Himself
 
2011 The Glee Project (TV series)
Himself
– Theatricality (2011) … Himself
– Casting Special (2011) … Himself
– Individuality (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Glee: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center (video)
Himself
 
2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Premio Donostia a Julia Roberts (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 July 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 July 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 July 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.33 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
 
2009 Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (video)
Himself (segment "Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy")
 
2008 Sexo en serie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 27 October 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 Life After Film School (TV series)
Himself
– Ryan Murphy (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Television Series - Drama
 

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Trivia:

While a guest on her radio program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," Murphy told interviewer Terry Gross that he got his start in Hollywood while still a journalist when he sold a script called "Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn?" to Steven Spielberg during the 1990s. Murphy said that Spielberg was interested in the script in part because he had directed Hepburn in her last film... See more »

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