ICG Names Ryan Murphy Publicists Awards TV Showman Of The Year

The International Cinematographers Guild has announced that writer/producer/director Ryan Murphy will receive the Television Showman of the Year award at the 54th Annual ICG Publicists Awards.  The gala honoring excellence in publicity and promotion for motion pictures and television programs, will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, February 24.

Prolific in the television space, Murphy has won four Primetime Emmys, 11 additional award wins and 45 nominations.  Launching his professional career as.a journalist, Murphy eventually turned his attention towards a career in film and television. His first program, 1999's Popular, a teenager comedy-drama,  ran for three seasons.  More success came in 2003 with the debut of FX’s Nip/Tuck, a drama featuring the exploits of two Miami-based plastic surgeons. In 2009, Murphy debuted Glee which was inspired by his days in high school choir. In 2011, Murphy served as executive producer on American Horror Story .  Now in its sixth incarnation, the show completely re-invents itself with each season. American Crime Story and The New Normal. are amongst Murphy's latest series.

n 2014 HBO film The Normal Heart debuted, chronicling the story of the onset of the AIDS crisis in New York, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. Additional credits include American Crime Story, Feud, Scream Queens, Eat Pray Love and The Glee Project among many others.

“Ryan Murphy is a visionary in the creation of entertainment projects who personifies the very concept of showmanship,” said Awards Committee chairman Henri Bollinger.

Steven Poster ASC., national president of the ICG, added, “Ryan is up there with a select few who have been able to bring such high consistency to everything they touch."

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