Christian Gudegast

Born in Germany and raised in Los Angeles, Christian Gudegast graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA Graduate School of Film and Television. His thesis film God's Lonely Man won the award for Best Film. While still in film school, he directed music videos for Dr. Dre and produced hip-hop artist Kurupt.

Mr. Gudegast sold his first screenplay, Black Ocean, to Oliver Stone, officially launching his screenwriting career. He has since written for every major studio. Among his screenplay credits are F. Gary Gray's A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel, and Tarsem Singh's blockbuster Immortals.

He reteamed with London Has Fallen star Gerard Butler when he directs his crime epic Den of Thieves, starring Mr. Butler and Sam Worthington, for STX Entertainment.

As research for his screenwriting on London Has Fallen, Mr. Gudegast spent several months in London, gaining access to top law-enforcement officials within Scotland Yard, intelligence agents with MI5, and SAS counter-terror commandos. He also spent several weeks training with former Secret Service CAT team Special Agents.

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