Michael Patrick King

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Michael Patrick King

Michael Patrick King (born on September 14, 1954, in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy

Emmy Award

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-award winning American

United States

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director

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
, writer

Writer

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and producer

Television producer

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for television

Television

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shows. His most famous work has been for Sex and the City
Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an United States cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
where he wrote all the season finales and premieres since the second season. King has also recently directed the show's film adaptation

Sex and the City: The Movie

Sex and the City is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States romantic comedy film film adaptation of the HBO comedy series Sex and the City about four female friends: Carrie Bradshaw , Samantha Jones , Charlotte Goldenblatt , and Miranda Hobbes , dealing with their lives as 40-something year olds in New York City....
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He has also written for another HBO

Home Box Office

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show, The Comeback
The Comeback (TV series)

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and as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace
Will & Grace

Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award-winning United States television situation comedy that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006....
, Cybill
Cybill

Cybill is an United States sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring Cybill Shepherd in the lead role....
, and Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown is an United States situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown , an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine....
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In the 1980s King moved to New York

New York

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, did stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy

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, and wrote plays.

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Michael Patrick King (born on September 14, 1954, in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy

Emmy Award

United States

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television episode....
, writer

Writer

Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
for television

Television

Sex and the City: The Movie

Home Box Office

New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, did stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy

Los Ángeles

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where he wrote for Murphy Brown, and was nominated for several Emmys for his work.

He is openly

Coming out

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gay

Gay

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and owns Arcade Productions.

He started his career doing standup and sketch comedy but now rarely performs. He has appeared at Un-Cabaret

Un-Cabaret

Un-Cabaret is a Los Angeles-based alternative comedy organization that produces live, TV and multi-media projects, workshops and events....
and is featured on their CDs and podcasts. He is also featured on , an audio series for aspiring comedy writers.

Michael Patrick King

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