About Christian Wallace

Howdy. I’m a screenwriter and journalist from West Texas.

I co-created the Paramount+ series Landman with Taylor Sheridan and serve as an executive producer. The show was inspired by Boomtown, the podcast I reported, wrote, and hosted about the Permian Basin.

I grew up in a small town called Andrews. My family are cotton farmers, oilfield hands, and working cowboys. Though I was steeped in these traditions, I knew early on that I wanted to be a writer. I was the first in my family to graduate from college, at Texas State, and later earned a master’s degree in writing from the University of Galway in Ireland. I returned to the States to work as a roughneck on the rigs surrounding my hometown.

Texas Monthly hired me as a fact-checker in 2016. I later became a staff writer and senior editor, writing seven cover stories. My storytelling has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards, as well as state and regional honors. My stories have been optioned for adaptation by 101 Studios, HBO, Tom Hanks’s Playtone (Myrtis Dightman), and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way (Bass Reeves).

I’m a member of the Writers Guild of America West and the Texas Institute of Letters.

More at Texas Monthly and IMDb.

Contact & Representation

Management
Geoff Shaevitz · Entertainment 360
gshaevitz@ent360.com

Film & Television (Literary)
Ann Blanchard · CAA
ablanchard@caa.com

Literary (Books)
Sloan Harris · CAA
sloan.harris@caa.com

Speaking
Christine Lancman · CAA
christine.lancman@caa.com
Speaking topics and booking information