Michael Uppendahl | |
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Other names | Mike Uppendahl |
Occupation(s) | Film director, television director |
Years active | 1999–present |
Michael Uppendahl is an American television and film director.
He is well known for his work on the AMC period drama Mad Men ; the FX shows American Horror Story , Fargo , and Legion ; and the Fox musical/dramedy Glee .
His first television credit came from directing 4 episodes of the CBS sitcom Becker , from 2003 to 2004. [1] [2] He wrote, directed and produced the 2009 short film A Hundred & Forty-Six Questions, starring Jamie Anne Allman.[ citation needed ]
Since 2008, Uppendahl has directed 7 episodes of the AMC drama Mad Men , for which he has received critical acclaim. [1] In 2011 and 2012, Uppendahl joined the crews of Fox's Glee and FX's American Horror Story , directing 2 episodes of the former and 3 of the latter. [1]
In 2013, Uppendahl made his feature film directorial debut with Grounded (formerly under the working title, Quad), a drama about a salesman that becomes a quadriplegic. It was co-written by Michael Burke, Mike Young, Robin Veith, and Brett Johnson. Jeff Daniels, Lena Olin, Aaron Paul, and Tom Berenger star. [1] [3] The film was later renamed Adam and released in 2020.
Uppendahl served as co-executive producer and director on the first season of Marvel 's Legion ; which aired on FX. The series centers on David Haller, possibly the most powerful mutant on the planet.
Year | Title | Episode | Notes |
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2003 | Becker | "Thank You for Not Smoking" | |
"Amanda Moves Out" | |||
"The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking" | |||
2004 | "Snow Means Snow" | ||
2008 | Mad Men | "Six Month Leave" | |
2009 | "The Arrangements" | ||
"The Color Blue" | |||
2010 | "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" | ||
"The Beautiful Girls" | |||
Weeds | "Pinwheels and Whirligigs" | season 6, episode 7 | |
2011 | American Horror Story: Murder House | "Piggy Piggy" | episode 6 |
2012 | Mad Men | "At the Codfish Ball" | |
"Christmas Waltz" | |||
Glee | "Choke" | season 3, episode 18 | |
"Glease" | season 4, episode 6 | ||
Longmire | "The Dark Road" | season 1, episode 2 | |
American Horror Story: Asylum | "Nor'easter" | episode 3 | |
"I Am Anne Frank (Part 1)" | episode 4 | ||
2013 | Ray Donovan | "Housewarming" | season 1, episode 6 |
American Horror Story: Coven | "Fearful Pranks Ensue" | episode 4 | |
"The Axeman Cometh" | episode 6 | ||
Mad Men | "To Have and to Hold" | season 6, episode 4 | |
"The Crash" | season 6, episode 8 | ||
The Walking Dead | "Live Bait" | season 4, episode 6 | |
2014 | Mad Men | "A Day's Work" | season 7, episode 2 |
Turn: Washington's Spies | "Epiphany" | season 1, episode 5 | |
Ray Donovan | "Uber Ray" | season 2, episode 2 | |
Manhattan | "Acceptable Limits" | season 1, episode 6 | |
Ray Donovan | "Volchek" | season 2, episode 10 | |
"Rodef" | season 2, episode 11 | ||
"The Captain" | season 2, episode 12 | ||
American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Edward Mordrake (Part 1)" | episode 3 | |
"Pink Cupcakes" | episode 5 | ||
2015 | House of Lies | "He Didn't Mean That, Natalie Portman" | season 4, episode 8 |
"We're Going to Build a Mothership and Rule the Universe" | season 4, episode 9 | ||
Shameless | "South Side Rules" | season 5, episode 10 | |
Mad Men | "New Business" | season 7, episode 9 | |
Turn: Washington's Spies | "Providence" | season 2, episode 8 | |
Ray Donovan | "Tulip" | season 3, episode 8 | |
Fargo | "Waiting for Dutch" | season 2, episode 1 | |
Scream Queens | "Seven Minutes in Hell" | season 1, episode 6 | |
Fargo | "The Myth of Sisyphus" | season 2, episode 3 | |
"Fear and Trembling" | season 2, episode 4 | ||
Scream Queens | "Mommie Dearest" | season 1, episode 8 | |
"Ghost Stories" | season 1, episode 9 | ||
Manhattan | "Brooklyn" | season 2, episode 9 | |
American Horror Story: Hotel | "She Wants Revenge" | episode 9 | |
2016 | "Battle Royale" | episode 11 [4] | |
Daredevil | "Guilty as Sin" | season 2, episode 8 | |
Fear the Walking Dead | "Blood in the Streets" | season 2, episode 4 | |
2017 | Legion | "Chapter 2" | season 1, episode 2 |
"Chapter 3" | season 1, episode 3 | ||
"Chapter 8" | season 1, episode 8 [5] | ||
2018 | Castle Rock | "Severance" | season 1, episode 1 |
"Habeas Corpus" | season 1, episode 2 | ||
"The Box" | season 1, episode 4 | ||
2019 | The Hot Zone | "Arrival" | season 1, episode 1 |
"Cell H" | season 1, episode 2 | ||
"Hidden" | season 1, episode 6 | ||
2020 | Hunters | "The Jewish Question" | season 1, episode 8 |
"Eliu v' Eliu" | season 1, episode 10 | ||
Ratched | "Angel of Mercy: Part Two" | season 1, episode 4 | |
"The Dance" | season 1, episode 5 | ||
Fargo | "East/West" | season 4, episode 9 | |
2021 | American Crime Story | "The President Kissed Me" | season 3, episode 2 |
"Not to Be Believed" | season 3, episode 3 | ||
"The Assassination of Monica Lewinsky" | season 3, episode 7 | ||
"The Wilderness" | season 3, episode 10 | ||
2022 | Candy | "Friday The 13th" | season 1, episode 1 |
"The Fight" | season 1, episode 5 | ||
2023 | Mayfair Witches | "The Witching Hour" | season 1, episode 1 |
"The Dark Place" | season 1, episode 2 | ||
2024 | The Decameron | "The Beautiful, Not-Infected Countryside" | season 1, episode 1 |
"Holiday State of Mind" | season 1, episode 2 | ||
"This is Awful, And You'll Never Recover" | season 1, episode 7 | ||
"We've Had A Good Cry" | season 1, episode 8 | ||
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | "The Hurt Man" | season 2, episode 5 | |
"Showtime" | season 2, episode 7 | ||
"Hang Men" | season 2, episode 9 | ||
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez | "Who Killed Aaron Hernandez?" | season 1, episode 10 |
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