Michael Patrick King

For other uses, see Michael King (disambiguation).

Michael Patrick King
Born	(1954-09-14) September 14, 1954 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Film/television producer, director and writer
Years active	1989–present

Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer and producer for television shows and films.

Life and career

King was born to an Irish-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania and was raised as a Roman Catholic.^[1]^[2] King attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania for three years.^[3] In 1975, King moved to New York, did comedy, and wrote plays. He also was a member of a comedy improv group called The Broadway Local which mostly performed at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. They were considered to be the in-house Improv group there.

He eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he found work writing for the television series Murphy Brown, and was nominated for several Emmys.^[4] He has written for another HBO show, The Comeback, as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace, Good Advice and Cybill. But he is best known for his work on the HBO series Sex and the City, which was created by Darren Star. King wrote all the season premieres and finales of Sex and the City (except its Pilot, written by Star, and the fifth season finale, which King co-wrote with Cindy Chupack).^[5] King also directed the show's film adaptation, and its follow-up, Sex and the City 2. He is featured on The Other Network Writers Room, an audio series for aspiring comedy writers.

He is openly gay^[6] and owns Arcade Productions. He lives in Greenwich Village.

He is the co-creator of the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credit	Role	Notes
2005, 2014–Present	The Comeback	Creator, director, writer, executive producer		21 episodes
2011–Present	2 Broke Girls	Creator, writer and executive producer		director for 21 episodes
2011	A Mann's World	Director, writer and executive producer		TV Movie
2010	Sex and the City 2	Director, writer and producer
2008	Sex and the City	Director, writer and producer
2001	55 Mercer Street	Writer
1999	Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm		HBO Publicist
1998–1999	Will & Grace	Writer and consulting producer		6 episodes
1998–2004	Sex and the City	Director, writer and executive producer		93 episodes
1997	Temporarily Yours	Creator and writer		7 episodes
1996	Cybill	Writer and executive producer		8 episodes
1994	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Writer and creative consultant		3 episodes
1994	Good Advice	Director and writer		3 episodes
1991–1993	Murphy Brown	Writer		10 episodes
1990	My Talk Show	Writer
1990	How to Be Louise		The Agent
1989	The Sweet Life	Writer and producer

References

↑ Profile of Michael Patrick King
↑ "Michael Patrick King and Sex and the City 2" by Rachel Abramowitz, Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2010
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↑ "Michael Patrick King", Sex and the City Cast & Crew, retrieved 2007-11-27
↑ Sex and the City episodes
↑ Poniewozik, James (March 7, 2005), "Queer Eye for Straight TV", Time Magazine, retrieved 2007-11-27

External links

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Peter Tewksbury (1959)
Ralph Levy / Bud Yorkin (1960)
Sheldon Leonard (1961)
Nat Hiken (1962)
John Rich (1963)
Jerry Paris (1964)
William Asher (1966)
James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967)
Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968)
Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970)
Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971)
John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972)
Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973)
Jackie Cooper for "Carry on, Hawkeye" (1974)
Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975)
Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976)
Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977)
Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978)
Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980)
James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981)
Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982)
James Burrows for "Showdown", Part 2 (1983)
Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984)
Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985)
Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986)
Terry Hughes for "Isn't it Romantic" (1987)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (1988)
Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990)
James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991)
Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992)
Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993)
James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994)
David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995)
Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996)
David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997)
Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002)
Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003)
Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005)
Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007)
Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008)
Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010)
Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011)
Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012)
Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013)
Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014)
Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015)

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