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 ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

'', '' 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

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family in

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. He attended Mercyhurst University in

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, 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

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show, '' The Comeback'', as well as for broadcast shows '' Will & Grace'', ''

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'', and '' Cybill''. He has an acting role on the HBO special '' Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as

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's publicist. He may be best known for his work on the

series ''

'', 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

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. He owns Arcade Productions, a production company.

Filmography

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Archive of the original ''Sex and the City'' newspaper columns

Un-Cabaret

The Other Network Writers Room
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Life and career

Filmography

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