Michael Patrick King
Birth Name:
Michael Patrick King
Birth Place:
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- Shared a 2004 PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Comedy Television for "Sex and the City․"
- Performed stand-up comedy and worked as a playwright in New York after moving away from his hometown
- Quote: "The willingness to go from laughter to tears in a moment is the greatest palette you can paint with as a writer․"
- Has written many high-profile episodes of television shows including almost all of the season premieres and finales of "Sex and the City․"
- Performed with the improvisational comedy group The Broadway Local, which was the in-house improvisation group at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre
- When he was a child, he would direct his sisters and other neighborhood girls in backyard plays
- While filming a scene for the "Sex and the City" film that took place in front of a restaurant, there was a fire drill at the Catholic high school across the street and teenage girls ran into the shot to meet the actors
Awards
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1999Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2001PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Winner
- 2001Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 2001Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2001WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 2002DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2002PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Winner
- 2002Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2002Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2003DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2003PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Nominated
- 2003Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2003Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2003WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 2004DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2004PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Winner
- 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2005PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:Nominated
- 2006Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2009Yoga Award - Worst Foreign Film:Winner
- 2011EDA Special Mention Award - Hall of Shame:Winner
- 2011EDA Female Focus Award - Sexist Pig Award:Nominated
- 2011Razzie Award - Worst Screenplay:Nominated
- 2011Razzie Award - Worst Director:Nominated
- 2015Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2015INOCA TV - Best Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2026Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated