Michael Uppendahl
{{short description|American television and film director}}
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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.
Career
His first television credit came from directing 4 episodes of the CBS sitcom Becker, from 2003 to 2004.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1247998/Michael-Uppendahl/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102084918/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1247998/Michael-Uppendahl/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2013|title=Michael Uppendahl|accessdate=November 29, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mike-uppendahl/259067|title=Mike Uppendahl Celebrity|work=TV Guide Magazine|accessdate=November 29, 2012}} He wrote, directed and produced the 2009 short film A Hundred & Forty-Six Questions, starring Jamie Anne Allman.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
Since 2008, Uppendahl has directed 7 episodes of the AMC drama Mad Men, for which he has received critical acclaim. 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.
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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/michael-uppendahl/filmography.html|title=Michael Uppendahl- Filmography|work=Yahoo.com|accessdate=November 29, 2012}} 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.
Filmography
=Television credits=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Title !! Episode !! Notes |
| rowspan=3|2003
|rowspan=4|Becker |"Thank You for Not Smoking" | |
| "Amanda Moves Out"
| |
| "The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking"
| |
| 2004
|"Snow Means Snow" | |
| 2008
|rowspan=5|Mad Men |"Six Month Leave" | |
| rowspan=2|2009
|"The Arrangements" | |
| "The Color Blue"
| |
| rowspan=3|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 |
| rowspan=7|2012
|rowspan=2|Mad Men | |
| "Christmas Waltz"
| |
| rowspan=2|Glee
|"Choke" |season 3, episode 18 |
| "Glease"
|season 4, episode 6 |
| Longmire
|"The Dark Road" |season 1, episode 2 |
| rowspan=2|American Horror Story: Asylum
|"Nor'easter" |episode 3 |
| "I Am Anne Frank (Part 1)"
|episode 4 |
| rowspan=6|2013
|"Housewarming" |season 1, episode 6 |
| rowspan=2|American Horror Story: Coven
|episode 4 |
| "The Axeman Cometh"
|episode 6 |
| rowspan=2|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 |
| rowspan=9|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 |
| rowspan=3|Ray Donovan
|"Volchek" |season 2, episode 10 |
| "Rodef"
|season 2, episode 11 |
| "The Captain"
|season 2, episode 12 |
| rowspan=2|American Horror Story: Freak Show
|episode 3 |
| "Pink Cupcakes"
|episode 5 |
| rowspan=14|2015
|rowspan=2|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
|season 1, episode 6 |
| rowspan="2"|Fargo
|"The Myth of Sisyphus" |season 2, episode 3 |
| "Fear and Trembling"
|season 2, episode 4 |
| rowspan="2"|Scream Queens
|season 1, episode 8 |
| "Ghost Stories"
|season 1, episode 9 |
| Manhattan
|"Brooklyn" |season 2, episode 9 |
| rowspan=2|American Horror Story: Hotel
|episode 9 |
| rowspan="3"|2016 |
| Daredevil
|season 2, episode 8 |
| Fear the Walking Dead
|season 2, episode 4 |
| rowspan=3|2017
|rowspan=3|Legion |"Chapter 2" |season 1, episode 2 |
| "Chapter 3"
|season 1, episode 3 |
| "Chapter 8"
|season 1, episode 8{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20170227fx03/|title=(#108) "Chapter 8"|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=March 10, 2017}} |
| rowspan="3"|2018
|rowspan="3"|Castle Rock |"Severance" |season 1, episode 1 |
| "Habeas Corpus"
|season 1, episode 2 |
| "The Box"
|season 1, episode 4 |
| rowspan=3|2019
|rowspan=3|The Hot Zone |"Arrival" |season 1, episode 1 |
| "Cell H"
|season 1, episode 2 |
| "Hidden"
|season 1, episode 6 |
| rowspan=5|2020
|rowspan=2|Hunters |"The Jewish Question" |season 1, episode 8 |
| "Eliu v' Eliu"
|season 1, episode 10 |
| rowspan=2|Ratched
|"Angel of Mercy: Part Two" |season 1, episode 4 |
| "The Dance"
|season 1, episode 5 |
| Fargo
|"East/West" |season 4, episode 9 |
| rowspan=4|2021
|rowspan=4|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 |
| rowspan=2|2022
|rowspan=2|Candy |"Friday The 13th" |season 1, episode 1 |
| "The Fight"
|season 1, episode 5 |
| rowspan=2|2023
|rowspan=2|Mayfair Witches |"The Witching Hour" |season 1, episode 1 |
| "The Dark Place"
|season 1, episode 2 |
| rowspan="8" |2024
| rowspan="4" |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 |
| rowspan="3" |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 |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0881461}}
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Category:American television directors