Michael Patrick King

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::summary American screenwriter (born 1954) ::

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Field	Value
name	Michael Patrick King
birth_date
birth_place	Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
occupation	Film/television producer, director, writer
years_active	1989–present
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| name = Michael Patrick King | birth_date = | birth_place = Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | occupation = 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.

Life and career

King was born to a Roman Catholic Irish American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, for three years.

In 1975, King moved to New York, did stand-up 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 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. In 2008, his production company signed a deal with DreamWorks.

He is gay, and lives in Greenwich Village. He owns Arcade Productions, a production company.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Credit	Role	Notes
2021–2025	And Just Like That...	Director, writer and executive producer		17 episodes
2020	AJ and the Queen		Creator
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
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References

References

1. [http://cityfile.com/profiles/michael-patrick-king Profile of Michael Patrick King] {{webarchive. link. (May 23, 2010)
2. Rachel Abramowitz,[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-02-la-ca-satc-20100502-39-story.html "Michael Patrick King and Sex and the City 2"], ''Los Angeles Times'', May 2, 2010.
3. (April 29, 2013). "Michael Patrick King Interview 1 of 3". [[YouTube]].
4. "Michael Patrick King".
5. (2008-05-30). "'City's' King gets DreamWorks deal".
6. Poniewozik, James. (March 7, 2005). "Queer Eye for Straight TV".

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