Michael Uppendahl

Michael Uppendahl

Historia

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.

Perfil

Michael Uppendahl

Películas

Adam
Adam
Director
Adam Niskar es un ejecutivo que lo tiene todo; una carrera profesional exitosa, una gran familia y muchos amigos. Pero su perfecta vida cambia de repente por un trágico accidente que le deja tetrapléjico. Adam cree que su vida ha terminado, le cuesta afrontar su situación y lidiar con sus emociones hasta que conoce a una enfermera rusa bocazas y divertida que le muestra que su vida no ha terminado, que su vida acaba de comenzar.
The Lion's Mouth Opens
The Lion's Mouth Opens
A documentary on filmmaker Marianna Palka, as she confronts her risk of Huntington's Disease.
¿Estás aquí?
¿Estás aquí?
Officier Norbey
Una comedia escrita y dirigida por Matthew Weiner, creador de "Mad Men". Dos viejos amigos de la infancia se embarcan en un viaje por carretera de vuelta a su pueblo natal, donde uno de ellos acaba de heredar una enorme suma de dinero de su recientemente fallecido padre.
American Horror Story: Asylum
American Horror Story: Asylum
Director
Set in 1964, the season follows the patients and staff members of the church-owned mental asylum Briarcliff Manor, located in an undisclosed town in Massachusetts, which was founded to treat and house the criminally insane. Kit Walker, accused of being a prolific serial killer named “Bloody Face” after the disappearance of his wife Alma is incarcerated at Briarcliff. This piques the interest of ambitious journalist Lana Winters, who is yearning to find a story for her big break in Briarcliff, where many other patients claim to be unjustly institutionalized. The institution is run under the watchful eye of the stern Sister Jude, as well as her second-in-command, the naïve Sister Mary Eunice, and the founder of the institution, Monsignor Timothy Howard. Briarcliff's inhabitants are routinely subject to supernatural and scientific influences, including demonic possession and extraterrestrial abduction.
American Horror Story: Murder House
American Horror Story: Murder House
Director
Dr. Ben Harmon, Vivien, and their daughter Violet move from Boston to Los Angeles to escape their troubled past. They move into a restored mansion, unaware that the ghosts of its former residents and their victims haunt the house.