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WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER e Art Directors Guild is thrilled to have the opportunity to honor the achievements of Ryan Murphy with this year's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award. We recognize the amazing talents and creative contributions he has made to narrative design and imaginative storytelling, while so beautifully creating an incredible legacy which includes some of the most successful television series of our time. It is with great pleasure that we celebrate Ryan Murphy. Ryan Murphy is a proli c writer, director and producer who has created a profusion of award-winning shows, garnering him six Primetime Emmys®, 26 additional award wins, and an unprecedented 72 nominations. He is the originator of the popular American television programs American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Pose, Hollywood, Feud, Glee, and e New Normal, among many others. ese programs have consistently re ected the highest quality of Production Design. Ryan Murphy is a visionary whose impact spans a wide spectrum of lm, television, and streaming projects, all the while creating memorable, visual storytelling experiences as one of Hollywood's most successful writers-directors-producers. His imagination and consistent emphasis on high production values have fostered the creation of worlds that will have a lasting impact on the visual lexicon of entertainment for years to come. He personi es the very concept of cinematic imagery. Ryan Murphy is an Emmy, Golden Globe®, Tony®, and Peabody® Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director. He created the cult-favorite series Popular; Golden Globe-winning television drama Nip/Tuck; and Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series Glee, Scream Queens, and 9-1-1. His additional highly successful series include e New Normal and the Emmy-winning lm e Normal Heart, chronicling the story of the onset of the AIDS crisis in New York, which received Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. In 2016, Murphy's rst installment of American Crime Story, " e People vs O.J. Simpson," won 10 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series. His second installment of American Crime Story, " e Assassination of Gianni Versace," won seven Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series and Outstanding Limited Series. In 2019, "Versace" won two Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Limited Series and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series. FX's Pose has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and received several Golden Globe nominations. e show has made history by featuring the largest transgender series regular cast and the largest LGBTQ cast ever for a scripted series. Murphy's Net ix series Hollywood was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and e Politician was nominated for ve Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, including Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. He also co-wrote, directed, and produced the recent series, Ratched, which H O N O R I N G RYAN MURPHY OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMATIC IMAGERY 4 0