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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; FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story,…
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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; FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story, and Marvel's Legion; and the Fox musical/dramedy Glee. His first television credit came from directing 4 episodes of the CBS sitcom Becker, from 2003-2004. He wrote, directed and produced the 2009 short film A Hundred & Forty-Six Questions, starring Jamie Anne Allman. Since 2008, Uppendahl has directed 7 hours 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. Uppendahl serves as co-executive producer and director on Marvel's Legion; which airs on FX. The series centers on David Haller, possibly the most powerful mutant on the planet.
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2026
The Shards
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
The Beauty
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
TV show Director
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2024
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
TV show Director
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2024
The Decameron
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Mayfair Witches
TV show Director
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2022
Candy
TV show Director
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2020
Ratched
TV show Director
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2020
Adam
Movie Director
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2020
Hollywood
TV show Director
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2020
Hunters
TV show Director
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2019
The Hot Zone
TV show Director
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2018
Castle Rock
TV show Director
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2017
Legion
TV show Director
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2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Movie Director
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2016
American Crime Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2015
Scream Queens
TV show Director
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2015
Fear the Walking Dead
TV show Director
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2015
Marvel's Daredevil
TV show Director
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2014
Manhattan
TV show Director
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2014
Fargo
TV show Director
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2014
TURN: Washington's Spies
TV show Director
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2014
The Lion's Mouth Opens
Movie
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2013
Are You Here
Movie Officier Norbey
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2013
Ray Donovan
TV show Director
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Director
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2011
Shameless
TV show Director
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2010
The Walking Dead
TV show Director
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2009
Glee
TV show Director
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2007
Mad Men
TV show Director
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2005
Weeds
TV show Director
