Brad Falchuk
Bradley Douglas Falchuk (born March 1, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the television series Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, The Brothers Sun, and Pose with Ryan Murphy, as well as the 9-1-1 franchise with Murphy and Tim Minear. He was also a writer and executive producer for Nip/Tuck and is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
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- Name
- Brad Falchuk
- Birth Name
- Bradley Douglas Falchuk
- Born
- 1 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Education
- Hobart College (BA) American Film Institute (MFA)
- Occupation
- * Screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States.
- Honours
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries.
- Languages
- English.
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Bradley Douglas Falchuk (born March 1, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the television series Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, The Brothers Sun, and Pose with Ryan Murphy, as well as the 9-1-1 franchise with Murphy and Tim Minear. He was also a writer and executive producer for Nip/Tuck and is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Brad Falchuk (born 1971) is a director, executive producer and film director, among other activities, of American nationality. The director was born in Newton. Brad Falchuk was educated at AFI Conservatory, Beaver Country Day School and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Languages used include English. Honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries.
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Matthew Morrison, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Jane Lynch, Jessalyn Gilsig and Brad Falchuk 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010
Peabody Awards · Glee

Matthew Morrison, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Jane Lynch, Jessalyn Gilsig and Brad Falchuk 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010
Peabody Awards · Glee
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Brad Falchuk • Birth Name — Bradley Douglas Falchuk • Born — 1 March 1971 • Birthplace — Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. • Education — Hobart College (BA) American Film Institute (MFA) • Occupation — * Screenwriter • director • producer • Years Active — 2001–present • Children — 4 • Relatives — Isabella "Izzy" Falchuk (daughter) Brody Falchuk (son) Apple Martin (stepdaughter) Moses Martin (stepson) • Notable Works — Glee American Horror Story Scream Queens 9-1-1 Pose The Brothers Sun
Early life
Early life
Falchuk was born in Massachusetts to Jewish parents. His mother is Nancy Falchuk, the national president of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America from 2007 to 2011.[1] In high school, he tried to stand out from his classmates by wearing a tie to school each day.[2] He also played baseball, basketball and lacrosse. He said, "I was always trying to look smart because I didn't feel smart"; he actually had undiagnosed dyslexia. He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1993.[3] He received his master's in screenwriting from AFI Conservatory.[4]
Beginnings and Glee
Beginnings and Glee
Falchuk's career in television began as a writer for Mutant X (2001), Earth: Final Conflict (2001–02) and Veritas: The Quest (2003), before he was hired to work on the first season of Nip/Tuck in 2003. While working on Nip/Tuck, he formed a close bond and partnership with the show's creator, Ryan Murphy. Falchuk and Murphy went on to write a television pilot titled Pretty/Handsome, about a transgender gynecologist, which the FX network bought in 2008. However, the pilot was not picked up as a series. As Nip/Tuck neared its sixth and final season, Falchuk and Murphy began to look for their next project, and decided to focus on a lighter subject. They teamed up with Ian Brennan, who had written a screenplay about high school show choirs, to pitch a one-hour comedy about a glee club to the Fox Broadcasting Company. Their pitch was successful and turned into the television show Glee, which premiered in 2009. Falchuk, Murphy and Brennan received two Writers Guild of America Award nominations for Best Comedy Series and Best New Series.[5] After the early success of Glee, Falchuk signed a two-year, seven-figure deal with 20th Century Fox Television which involved further work on Glee as well as the development of other projects for the studio. Glee concluded following its sixth season, which aired from January 9 to March 20, 2015.
Anthology series and Scream Queens
Anthology series and Scream Queens
In 2011, Falchuk co-created the FX horror-drama anthology series American Horror Story with previous collaborator Ryan Murphy. The first season, starring Jessica Lange, Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott, premiered October 5, 2011, and received critical acclaim; the series was nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012, and 15 Primetime Emmys in 2013, with Falchuk nominated for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie both years. In 2014, the show was once again nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards, with Falchuk nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.[6] Falchuk is an executive producer on American Crime Story with Ryan Murphy, which began airing on February 2, 2016.[7] Falchuk, Murphy and Brennan also created Fox's horror comedy series Scream Queens, which ran from September 2015 to December 2016,[8] and starred Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer and Jamie Lee Curtis.[9] The first season was set on a college campus. In March 2019, Falchuk signed a four-year overall deal with Netflix through his Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision production company to "develop, write, produce, and direct new series".[11]
Personal life
Personal life
In 1997, as a student at the American Film Institute, Falchuk co-founded the arts education nonprofit Young Storytellers with Mikkel Bondesen and Andrew Barrett, in response to cutbacks in funding for creative arts programs in Los Angeles Unified School District.[12] Falchuk previously served on the Young Storytellers advisory board of directors.[13] Falchuk's brother, Evan Falchuk, founded the United Independent Party and was a candidate for governor in the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.[14][15] In 2008, Falchuk was diagnosed by his father and brother's medical consulting firm as having a serious problem with his spinal cord. After undergoing emergency spinal surgery, he made a full recovery, and his experience inspired parts of the Glee episode "Wheels". Falchuk's first wife was television producer Suzanne Bukinik, whom he began dating in 1994. The couple married in 2002 and have two children together. They filed for divorce in 2013.[16] Falchuk met actress Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of Glee in 2010, and they began dating in 2014. The couple went public with their relationship in April 2015 at a birthday party after months of speculation.[17] On January 8, 2018, Paltrow and Falchuk announced their engagement.[18] Their wedding was held on September 29, 2018, in The Hamptons on Long Island.[19][20] Falchuk and Paltrow practice Transcendental Meditation together.[21]
Life and career
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Brad Falchuk was born on 1 March 1971.
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• Mutant X (2001) • Earth: Final Conflict (2001–2002) • Nip/Tuck (2004–2010) • Glee (2009–2015) • American Horror Story (2011–present) • Scream Queens (2015–2016) • American Crime Story (2017–2021) • 9-1-1 (2018–present) • Pose (2018–2021) • The Politician (2019–2020) • 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–2025) • American Horror Stories (2021–2024) • The Brothers Sun (2024) • Famous Last Words (2025–present)[22] • Magic 8 Ball (TBA)[23]
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The circumstances in which Brad Falchuk stands. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 16515314s. Established in Library of Congress under no2010003959.
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2010 — AFI Awards — TV Program of the Year — Glee (with Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan) • 2011 • 2011 — British Academy Television Awards — Best International • 2011 — National Television Awards — Digital Choice • 2010 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series • Outstanding Comedy Series — Glee (with Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Bradley Buecker, Alexis Martin Woodall and Kenneth J.[24] Silverstein) • 2011 — Glee (with Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Bradley Buecker, Alexis Martin Woodall, Kenneth J. Silverstein and Michael Novick) • 2012 — Outstanding Miniseries or Movie — American Horror Story: Murder House (with Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto, Bradley Buecker, Alexis Martin Woodall and Chip Vucelich) • 2013 — American Horror Story: Asylum (with Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Jessica Sharzer, Bradley Buecker, Alexis Martin Woodall and Chip Vucelich) • 2014 — Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special — American Horror Story: Coven (with Ryan Murphy for the episode "Bitchcraft") • Outstanding Miniseries — American Horror Story: Coven (with Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto, Bradley Buecker, Alexis Martin Woodall and Chip Vucelich) • 2015 — Outstanding Limited Series — American Horror Story: Freak Show (with Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Bradley Buecker, Jessica Sharzer, Alexis Martin Woodall and Robert M. Williams Jr.) • 2016 — The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (with Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, D.V. DeVincentis, Anthony Hemingway, Alexis Martin Woodall, John Travolta und Chip Vucelich) • 2018 — The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (with Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tom Rob Smith, Daniel Minahan, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Chip Vucelich, Eric Kovtun, Lou Eyrich and Eryn Krueger Mekash) • 2021 — Outstanding Drama Series — Pose (with Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Sherry Marsh, Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Tanase Popa, Lou Eyrich, Jeff Dickerson, Todd Nenninger and Kip Davis Myers) • Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series — Pose (with Steven Canals, Our Lady J, Janet Mock, and Ryan Murphy for the episode "Series Finale") • 2011 — Producers Guild of America Awards — Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy — Glee (with Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Ryan Murphy and Kenneth J. Silverstein) • 2012 • 2013 — Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television — American Horror Story: Asylum (with Bradley Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Murphy and Chip Vucelich) • 2014 — American Horror Story: Coven (with Bradley Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Ryan Murphy, Chip Vucelich and Alexis Martin Woodall) • 2010 — TV Quick Awards — Best New Drama — Glee (with Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan) • 2011 — Best Drama Series • 2010 — Writers Guild of America Awards — New Series • Comedy Series • 2011 • 2020 — Valentine Davies Award — "his positive impact on young writers through his work and efforts to improve literacy and promote self-confidence through arts education in schools."[25] |
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- 1.Breger, Sarah. A Mother's Glee. Moment Magazine. September–October 2010.
- 2.Weiss, Joanna. Welcome to the club. The Boston Globe. August 30, 2009.
- 3.Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Falchuk '93 Wins Golden Globe with Glee!. January 19, 2010.
- 4.Television Writer-Director-Producer Brad Falchuk to Receive WGAW'S 2020 Valentine Davies Award. www.wga.org.
- 5.McNary, Dave. WGA announces TV noms. Variety. December 14, 2009.
- 6.O'Neal, Sean. Ryan Murphy developing secret horror series at FX. The A.V. Club. February 7, 2011.
- 7.Daley, Megan. FX announces premiere dates for American Crime Story and more. Entertainment Weekly. November 12, 2015.
- 8.Deadline. Ryan Murphy & His 'Glee' Co-Creators Get Fox Series Order For Comedy-Horror Anthology 'Scream Queens'. October 20, 2014.
- 9.Entertainment Weekly. Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis join Ryan Murphy's 'Scream Queens'. December 8, 2014.
- 10.TV by the Numbers. Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Abagail Breslin & Keke Palmer Join FOX's 'Scream Queens'. January 17, 2015.
- 11.Andreeva, Nellie. Brad Falchuk Inks Mega Overall Deal With Netflix. Deadline. 2019-03-26.
- 12.Flynn, Kathleen. Pros Have Supporting Roles in Scriptwriting Sessions. Los Angeles Times. 2003-09-03. 0458-3035.
- 13.Young Storytellers. Our Team - Young Storytellers.
- 14.Rachel Zimmerman. Another Healthcare Leader Eyes Mass. Governor's Seat. WBUR. February 25, 2013.
- 15.Silver, Curtis. We're All Gleeks – 10 Questions for Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk. Wired. December 7, 2009.
- 16.David, Mark. Brad Falchuk Picks Up Pad on Las Tunas Beach (Exclusive). Variety. November 18, 2014.
- 17.Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Falchuk Debut Romance at Robert Downey Jr.'s Star-Studded 50th Birthday Party. Us Weekly. April 6, 2015.
- 18.Reed, Sam. Gwyneth Paltrow Confirms Engagement with Goop Magazine Cover. The Hollywood Reporter. January 8, 2018.
- 19.How Gwyneth Paltrow Is Prepping for Her Wedding to Brad Falchuk. Us Weekly. 2018-07-11.
- 20.Fitzpatrick, Kevin. Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk Have 'Ideal' Marriage Where They Don't Live Together. Vanity Fair. June 9, 2019.
- 21.Gwyneth Paltrow and Husband Brad Falchuk Meditate Together Every Morning.
- 22.Schneider, Michael. Netflix Orders 'Famous Last Words,' Based on Danish Format That Captures Cultural Figures' Final Interviews (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 2024-07-29.
- 23.Mattel Studios Teams with M. Night Shyamalan and Brad Falchuk on Premium Live-Action Magic 8 Ball Series. corporate.mattel.com.
- 24.Nominations Search Awards Search. Television Academy.
- 25.Television Writer-Director-Producer Brad Falchuk to Receive WGAW'S 2020 Valentine Davies Award. www.wga.org.
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