Michael Patrick King | |
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Born | Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 14, 1954
Occupation(s) | Film/television producer, director, writer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing and writing for Sex and the City , And Just Like That... and its film adaptations, and for co-creating the television comedies The Comeback , 2 Broke Girls , and AJ and the Queen .
King was born to a Roman Catholic Irish American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] He 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.[ citation needed ]
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 wrote for the HBO show, The Comeback , as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace , Good Advice , and Cybill . He has an acting role on the HBO special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's publicist.
He may be 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). He 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.[ citation needed ] In 2008, his production company signed a deal with DreamWorks. [5]
He is gay, [6] and lives in Greenwich Village. He owns Arcade Productions, a production company.
Year | Title | Credit | Role | Notes |
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2021–2025 | And Just Like That... | Director, writer and executive producer | 17 episodes | |
2020 | AJ and the Queen | Creator | 10 episodes | |
2005, 2014 | The Comeback | Creator, director, writer, executive producer | 21 episodes | |
2011–2017 | 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 | |||
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 | |
Good Advice | Director and writer | 3 episodes | ||
1991–1993 | Murphy Brown | Writer | 10 episodes | |
1991 | Hi Honey, I'm Home! | |||
1990 | My Talk Show | |||
How to Be Louise | The Agent | |||
1989 | The Sweet Life | Writer and producer | ||