Michael Patrick King

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 , its film adaptations, and the follow-up series And Just Like That... , 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 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.^{[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 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 later created the HBO show The Comeback . 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.

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• Archive of the original Sex and the City newspaper columns
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• Michael Patrick King at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television