Michael Uppendahl

My Stats

Total Watched: 0 / 26 (Ranked #0)

Average Grade: 0 (Ranked #0)

Top 250 Movies: 0

Biography:

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.

Movies:

Director

0/25 (25 unseen)

	Name	Grade
	The Beauty (2026) (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Decameron (2024) (4 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Mayfair Witches (2023) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Candy (2022) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Ratched (2020) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Hollywood (2020) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Hunters (2020) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Hot Zone (2019) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Castle Rock (2018) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Legion (2017) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	American Crime Story (2016) (4 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Fear the Walking Dead (2015) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Scream Queens (2015) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Marvel's Daredevil (2015) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Manhattan (2014) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Fargo (2014) (6 episodes)	(Not seen)
	TURN: Washington's Spies (2014) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Ray Donovan (2013) (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Shameless (2011) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	American Horror Story (2011) (9 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Walking Dead (2010) (1 episode)	(Not seen)
	Glee (2009) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Mad Men (2007) (11 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Weeds (2005) (1 episode)	(Not seen)

Actor
0/1 (1 unseen)

Name Grade

Are You Here (2013)
As Officier Norbey (Not seen)

	Name	Grade
	Are You Here (2013) As Officier Norbey	(Not seen)

Producer

0/6 (6 unseen)

	Name	Grade
	The Beauty (2026) (11 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Decameron (2024) (8 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Mayfair Witches (2023) (2 episodes)	(Not seen)
	Candy (2022) (5 episodes)	(Not seen)
	The Hot Zone (2019) (3 episodes)	(Not seen)
	American Crime Story (2016) (10 episodes)	(Not seen)