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
Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series '' The Rat Patr ...
(born Hans-Jörg Gudegast). He was raised and resides in Los Angeles.
[ Accessed 2010-04-09] He graduated from the
UCLA Film School
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...
in 1992.
He began his career as a
rap music
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
-video director and sold his first script, ''Black Ocean'' (co-written with his former partner
Paul Scheuring
Paul T. Scheuring (born November 20, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director of films and television shows. His work includes the 2003 film ''A Man Apart'' and the creation of the television drama '' Prison Break'', for which he was also ...
), to
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...
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
''A Man Apart'' is a 2003 American vigilante action film directed by F. Gary Gray and released by New Line Cinema. The film stars Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate. The story follows undercover DEA agent Sean Vetter who is on a vendetta to take down a m ...
'' (2003) - Screenwriter
* ''
London Has Fallen
''London Has Fallen'' is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John and Christian Gudegast. It is the second installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series, ...
'' (2016) - Screenwriter
* ''
Den of Thieves'' (2018) - Producer, Director, Screenwriter
References
External links
*
Variety: Gudegast to direct "Den of Thieves"New York Times: Christian GudegastLos Angeles Times: 'A Man Apart's' a Diesel vehicle if there ever was one
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gudegast, Christian
Living people
American male writers
American male screenwriters
Place of birth missing (living people)
American film directors
1970 births