“I formed this thing called the Half Foundation, and what I tried to do is quantify hiring practices in Hollywood. Half the population is women, so half of the storytellers should be women. Fifty percent of all the directors in my company are women, and it will forever be that way.”

American writer, director, and producer

Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer who works mainly in television. He has 81 quotes on the site and is known for shaping some of the medium’s most visible contemporary series. Murphy has been described as a major force in modern television, and he signed the largest development deal in the history of the medium with Netflix. He is also noted for helping bring more inclusive storytelling into the mainstream, especially through characters and stories that reached wide audiences. His honors include six Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, a Tony Award, four Producers Guild of America Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, including the honorary Carol Burnett Award.