Michael Uppendahl
| Michael Uppendahl | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Mike Uppendahl |
| Occupation | 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 horror anthology series American Horror Story, and the Fox musical/dramedy Glee.
Career
His first television credit came from directing 4 episodes of the CBS sitcom Becker, from 2003-2004.[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 hours 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 is set to make his feature film directorial debut with 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]
Filmography
Television credits
| Year | Title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | "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] |
