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