Alexis Martin Woodall
Quick Facts
Biography
Alexis Martin Woodall (born 1980) is an American executive producer. She is the president of Ryan Murphy Productions and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series for American Horror Story: Asylum and American Horror Story: Coven. She also earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film in 2017 for The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
Early life and education
Woodall was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Cherry Creek High School. She attended University of Colorado Boulder for her Bachelor of Arts in film studies and Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production.
Career
After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder, Woodall was hired as a production assistant at Ryan Murphy's show Nip/Tuck, who later promoted her to producer. After Nip/Tuck concluded, Woodall stayed with Murphy as a producer on his newly created television shows Glee, American Horror Story: Asylum, American Horror Story: Hotel and American Horror Story: Coven. The American Horror Story series' she produced earned her Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. By 2016, she was producing The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film.
In 2017, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as a member of the producing teams on Murphy's Feud: Bette and Joan. The following year, Feud also earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film nomination. Woodall was eventually chosen by Murphy to become president of Ryan Murphy Productions and work as an executive producer on his Netlfix television series Hollywood.
Personal life
Woodall and her husband John run a restaurant in Los Angeles called Red Herring. She also plays the keyboard, tambourine, and sings back-up vocals in an indie band called Kissing Cousins.