# Michael Uppendahl

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. He wrote, directed and produced the 2009 short film A Hundred & Forty-Six Questions, starring Jamie Anne Allman.
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. 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

| Year | Title | Episode | Notes |
| 2003 | Becker | "Thank You for Not Smoking" | |
| 2003 | Becker | "Amanda Moves Out" | |
| 2003 | Becker | "The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking" | |
| 2004 | Becker | "Snow Means Snow" | |
| 2008 | Mad Men | "Six Month Leave" | |
| 2009 | Mad Men | "The Arrangements" | |
| 2009 | Mad Men | "The Color Blue" | |
| 2010 | Mad Men | "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" | |
| 2010 | Mad Men | "The Beautiful Girls" | |
| 2010 | 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" | |
| 2012 | Mad Men | "Christmas Waltz" | |
| 2012 | Glee | "Choke" | season 3, episode 18 |
| 2012 | Glee | "Glease" | season 4, episode 6 |
| 2012 | Longmire | "The Dark Road" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2012 | American Horror Story: Asylum | "Nor'easter" | episode 3 |
| 2012 | American Horror Story: Asylum | "I Am Anne Frank (Part 1)" | episode 4 |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | "Housewarming" | season 1, episode 6 |
| 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | "Fearful Pranks Ensue" | episode 4 |
| 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | "The Axeman Cometh" | episode 6 |
| 2013 | Mad Men | "To Have and to Hold" | season 6, episode 4 |
| 2013 | Mad Men | "The Crash" | season 6, episode 8 |
| 2013 | The Walking Dead | "Live Bait" | season 4, episode 6 |
| 2014 | Mad Men | "A Day's Work" | season 7, episode 2 |
| 2014 | Turn: Washington's Spies | "Epiphany" | season 1, episode 5 |
| 2014 | Ray Donovan | "Uber Ray" | season 2, episode 2 |
| 2014 | Manhattan | "Acceptable Limits" | season 1, episode 6 |
| 2014 | Ray Donovan | "Volchek" | season 2, episode 10 |
| 2014 | Ray Donovan | "Rodef" | season 2, episode 11 |
| 2014 | Ray Donovan | "The Captain" | season 2, episode 12 |
| 2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Edward Mordrake (Part 1)" | episode 3 |
| 2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Pink Cupcakes" | episode 5 |
| 2015 | House of Lies | "He Didn't Mean That, Natalie Portman" | season 4, episode 8 |
| 2015 | House of Lies | "We're Going to Build a Mothership and Rule the Universe" | season 4, episode 9 |
| 2015 | Shameless | "South Side Rules" | season 5, episode 10 |
| 2015 | Mad Men | "New Business" | season 7, episode 9 |
| 2015 | Turn: Washington's Spies | "Providence" | season 2, episode 8 |
| 2015 | Ray Donovan | "Tulip" | season 3, episode 8 |
| 2015 | Fargo | "Waiting for Dutch" | season 2, episode 1 |
| 2015 | Scream Queens | "Seven Minutes in Hell" | season 1, episode 6 |
| 2015 | Fargo | "The Myth of Sisyphus" | season 2, episode 3 |
| 2015 | Fargo | "Fear and Trembling" | season 2, episode 4 |
| 2015 | Scream Queens | "Mommie Dearest" | season 1, episode 8 |
| 2015 | Scream Queens | "Ghost Stories" | season 1, episode 9 |
| 2015 | Manhattan | "Brooklyn" | season 2, episode 9 |
| 2015 | American Horror Story: Hotel | "She Wants Revenge" | episode 9 |
| 2016 | American Horror Story: Hotel | "Battle Royale" | episode 11 |
| 2016 | Daredevil | "Guilty as Sin" | season 2, episode 8 |
| 2016 | Fear the Walking Dead | "Blood in the Streets" | season 2, episode 4 |
| 2017 | Legion | "Chapter 2" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2017 | Legion | "Chapter 3" | season 1, episode 3 |
| 2017 | Legion | "Chapter 8" | season 1, episode 8 |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | "Severance" | season 1, episode 1 |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | "Habeas Corpus" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | "The Box" | season 1, episode 4 |
| 2019 | The Hot Zone | "Arrival" | season 1, episode 1 |
| 2019 | The Hot Zone | "Cell H" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2019 | The Hot Zone | "Hidden" | season 1, episode 6 |
| 2020 | Hunters | "The Jewish Question" | season 1, episode 8 |
| 2020 | Hunters | "Eliu v' Eliu" | season 1, episode 10 |
| 2020 | Ratched | "Angel of Mercy: Part Two" | season 1, episode 4 |
| 2020 | Ratched | "The Dance" | season 1, episode 5 |
| 2020 | Fargo | "East/West" | season 4, episode 9 |
| 2021 | American Crime Story | "The President Kissed Me" | season 3, episode 2 |
| 2021 | American Crime Story | "Not to Be Believed" | season 3, episode 3 |
| 2021 | American Crime Story | "The Assassination of Monica Lewinsky" | season 3, episode 7 |
| 2021 | American Crime Story | "The Wilderness" | season 3, episode 10 |
| 2022 | Candy | "Friday The 13th" | season 1, episode 1 |
| 2022 | Candy | "The Fight" | season 1, episode 5 |
| 2023 | Mayfair Witches | "The Witching Hour" | season 1, episode 1 |
| 2023 | Mayfair Witches | "The Dark Place" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2024 | The Decameron | "The Beautiful, Not-Infected Countryside" | season 1, episode 1 |
| 2024 | The Decameron | "Holiday State of Mind" | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2024 | The Decameron | "This is Awful, And You'll Never Recover" | season 1, episode 7 |
| 2024 | The Decameron | "We've Had A Good Cry" | season 1, episode 8 |
| 2024 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | "The Hurt Man" | season 2, episode 5 |
| 2024 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | "Showtime" | season 2, episode 7 |
| 2024 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | "Hang Men" | season 2, episode 9 |
| 2024 | American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez | "Who Killed Aaron Hernandez?" | season 1, episode 10 |