Co-Creator, Landman
Christian Wallace: Biography at a Glance
- Christian Wallace is a screenwriter, journalist, and creator best known for co-creating Paramount+’s breakout series Landman with Taylor Sheridan
- With an authentic voice that resonates far beyond the page or screen, his storytelling is rooted in firsthand experience growing up in West Texas among cotton farmers, oilfield workers, and working cowboys.
- Wallace brought the complexity of the Permian Basin to a global audience as the creator and host of the hit podcast Boomtown, which has surpassed 7.6 million downloads and become one of the most widely heard narrative explorations of the oil and gas boom.
- Before writing about the oil patch, Wallace worked as a roughneck on rigs outside his hometown, giving him a rare, insider perspective on the people, culture, and economic forces that shape America’s modern energy industry.
- Today, Wallace continues translating real-world reporting into compelling entertainment, while his reported stories have been optioned for adaptation by Paramount, HBO, and more.
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Christian Wallace is a screenwriter and journalist from West Texas. Raised in Andrews among cotton farmers, oilfield hands, and working cowboys, he was the first in his family to graduate from college (Texas State) before earning a master’s degree in writing from the University of Galway in Ireland. After returning to the U.S., he worked as a roughneck on the rigs outside his hometown.
In 2016, Texas Monthly hired Wallace as a fact-checker; he later became a staff writer and senior editor, writing seven cover stories and earning three National Magazine Award nominations along with other honors. His reported stories have been optioned for adaptation by Paramount, 101 Studios, HBO, Tom Hanks’s Playtone, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way.
Wallace wrote and hosted Boomtown, the hit podcast about the Permian Basin with more than 7.6 million downloads. He and Taylor Sheridan co-created Paramount+’s Landman, which debuted in November 2024 and became the platform’s most-watched original. He is a member of WGA West and the Texas Institute of Letters.
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From Boomtown to Landman: Telling the Real Story of the American Oil Patch
Drawing on his experiences as a roughneck, journalist, and television creator, Christian Wallace explores the human stories behind the modern energy economy. Through reporting in the Permian Basin and creating the hit podcast Boomtown and the series Landman, Wallace shares how storytelling can illuminate the complex realities of the oil and gas industry, from its workers and its culture to its impact on communities. Blending journalism, Hollywood, and lived experience, he offers audiences a rare inside look at one of the most consequential industries shaping America today.
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