Christina Wayne

Christina Wayne is an American network executive, television producer, and screenwriter. She is the managing director of MBC Studios, and has previously worked at AMC, Cineflix Studios, and Amazon Studios^[1] Throughout her career, Wayne has developed and produced various television series, including Mad Men and Breaking Bad.^[2]

Career

Wayne began her career as a screenwriter working in Hollywood. Under the mentorship of producer Robert Evans, she directed music videos and wrote the E! True Hollywood Story about actress Dominique Dunne. She also wrote and directed the 2001 film Tart for Lionsgate, set in an Upper East Side private school in Manhattan.^[3]

Wayne returned to New York City in 2005 and initially joined AMC as a consultant, and later became an executive.^[3]

One of her earliest contributions at AMC was producing the miniseries Broken Trail, a western TV film starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. The series drew 9.8 million viewers and won four Emmy awards in 2007, including Outstanding Miniseries. This was Wayne's first Emmy for producing a miniseries. She would go on to win many more Emmys for developing shows. ^[2]

At AMC, she also oversaw the development and production of various shows such as Mad Men (2007), Breaking Bad (2008), and Hell on Wheels (2011) where she worked with Endemol in the show's early developmental stages.^[4][2][5][6]

After her time at AMC, Wayne became the president of Cineflix Studios.^[3] One of her projects at Cineflix was Copper, a crime series set in New York during the 1860s.^[2]

Wayne served as the CEO of Assembly Entertainment from 2018 to 2022. She oversaw the development and production of television projects, including the pilot order from YouTube for It's a Man's World, a half-hour comedy addressing gender inequality in the gaming industry, written by Theresa Rebeck.^[7] Her other projects during this time included I'm Dying Up Here for Showtime, MDX, an international medical disaster thriller co-produced with Tony Krantz's Flame Ventures, and Mercury 13, an event series in collaboration with Jessica Chastain.^[8][5][9]

Wayne joined Amazon Studios in 2019 where she worked on LOL, a reboot of The Kids In The Hall, and Three Pines.^[10]

In 2023, Wayne was appointed managing director of MBC Studios, the production arm of the Middle East broadcaster MBC Group.^[4] She oversees productions in Saudi Arabia, including projects such as The Devil's Promise and Desert Warrior.^[1][10]

Credits

Year	Title	Role	Category
1997	E! True Hollywood Story	Writer and producer	TV series
2001	Tart	Writer and director	Film
2006	Broken Trail	Executive producer	TV miniseries
2007-09	Mad Men	Network executive	TV series
2008-10	Breaking Bad	Network executive	TV series
2009	The Prisoner	Executive producer	TV miniseries
2012-13	Copper	Executive producer	TV series
2017	Will	Consulting producer	TV series
2017-18	I'm Dying Up Here	Executive producer	TV series
2018	It's a Man's World (pilot)	Executive producer	TV series
2022	The Kids in the Hall	Studio executive	TV series
2022	The Lake	Studio executive	TV series
2022	Three Pines	Studio executive	TV series

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References

1. Vivarelli, Nick (2023-02-03). "U.S. Producer Christina Wayne Appointed Head of Saudi-Owned MBC Group's Production Arm". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
2. Credits, The. "'Mad Men' Wouldn't Be On TV If It Weren't For This Woman". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
3. "The Midas Touch: From Mad Men and Breaking Bad to Copper, Christina Wayne's on a Roll". Motion Picture Association. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
4. "MBC Group names Christina Wayne as managing director of its studio arm". Arab News. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
5. Littleton, Cynthia (2013-12-06). "Producer Christina Wayne Pacts with Endemol Studios". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
6. "Endemol Studios Inks Deal With Christina Wayne's Assembly Entertainment". Yahoo Finance. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (2018-08-30). "YouTube Orders Comedy Pilot 'It's A Man's World' From Theresa Rebeck, Christina Wayne & ITV Studios America". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
8. Vlessing, Etan (2013-12-07). "Christina Wayne exits Cineflix Studios". Playback. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (2017-02-08). "Jessica Chastain Teams With Todd Komarnicki & Christina Wayne For 1960s NASA Event Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
10. Rosser, Michael (2023-02-03). "Former Amazon Studios exec Christina Wayne joins Saudi's MBC Studios". Screen. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
11. "Christina Wayne | Additional Crew, Producer, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
12. Ramanunni, Jalaja (2023-02-06). "MBC Studios appoints Christina Wayne as MD". Campaign Middle East. Retrieved 2023-08-04.