Christian Gudegast

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Christian Gudegast
Born (1970-02-09) February 9, 1970 (age 55)
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, filmmaker
Children3
Parent(s)Dale Russell
Eric Braeden

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

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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. [1] He graduated from the UCLA Film School in 1992.

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

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorWriterProducer
2003 A Man Apart NoYesNoCo-wrote with Paul Scheuring
2008 The Man Who Came Back NoNoYes
2016 London Has Fallen NoYesNoCo-wrote with Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Chad St. John
2018 Den of Thieves YesYesExecutiveDirectorial debut
Co-wrote with Scheuring
2023 Plane NoUncreditedExecutiveAdditional literary material
2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera YesYesNo
Afterburn NoUncreditedNoAdditional literary material
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