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, filmmaker, and director.

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.

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

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
2003	A Man Apart	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Paul Scheuring
2008	The Man Who Came Back	No	No	Yes
2016	London Has Fallen	No	Yes	No	Co-wrote with Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Chad St. John
2018	Den of Thieves	Yes	Yes	Executive	Directorial debut Co-wrote with Scheuring
2023	Plane	No	Uncredited	Executive	Additional literary material
2025	Den of Thieves 2: Pantera	Yes	Yes	No
	Afterburn	No	Uncredited	No	Additional literary material Post-production

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