Michael Patrick King

Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer of television and film.
==Life and career==
King was born to an Irish-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania and was raised as a Catholic. He attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania for three years.
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. He wrote for the HBO show, The Comeback, as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace, Good Advice, and Cybill.
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.
He is openly gay and lives in Greenwich Village. He owns Arcade Productions.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Credit 	Role 	Notes
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 	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 	 	
==See also==
* LGBT culture in New York City
* List of self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers
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