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 FXs horror anthology series American Horror Story and Marvels Legion and the Fox musicaldramedy Glee His first television credit came from directing 4 episodes of the CBS sitcom Becker from 20032004 He wrote directed and produced the 2009 short film A Hundred FortySix 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 Foxs Glee and FXs 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 cowritten by Michael Burke Mike Young Robin Veith and Brett Johnson Jeff Daniels Lena Olin Aaron Paul and Tom Berenger star Uppendahl serves as coexecutive producer and director on Marvels Legion which airs on FX The series centers on David Haller possibly the most powerful mutant on the planet