Christian Gudegast

Christian Gudegast
Born	(1970-02-09) February 9, 1970 Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, filmmaker
Children	3
Parent(s)	Dale Russell Eric Braeden

Christian Gudegast (born February 9, 1970) is an American writer and filmmaker.

Biography

Gudegast is the only child of Dale Russell and German-born actor Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast). He was raised and resides in Los Angeles. He graduated from the UCLA Film School in 1992, top of his class. His thesis film, Shadow Box, won the award for Best Student Film that same year.

He began his career as a rap music-video director and sold his first script, Black Ocean (co-written with his former partner Paul Scheuring), to Oliver Stone in 1993, launching his screenwriting career. He has done uncredited rewrites and production polishes on several major studio releases.

Gudegast is married and has three children.

Filmography

• A Man Apart (2003) - Screenwriter
• London Has Fallen (2016) - Screenwriter
• Den of Thieves (2018) - Producer, Director, Screenwriter

External links

• Christian Gudegast at IMDb
• Variety: Gudegast to direct "Den of Thieves"
• New York Times: Christian Gudegast
• Los Angeles Times: 'A Man Apart's' a Diesel vehicle if there ever was one