Christina Wayne is an American network executive, television producer, and screenwriter. She is the managing director ofMBC Studios, and has previously worked atAMC,Cineflix Studios, andAmazon Studios^[1] Throughout her career, Wayne has developed and produced various television series, includingMad Men andBreaking Bad.^[2]

Wayne began her career as a screenwriter working inHollywood. Under the mentorship of producerRobert Evans, she directedmusic videos and wrote theE! True Hollywood Story about actressDominique Dunne. She also wrote and directed the 2001 filmTart forLionsgate, set in anUpper East Side private school inManhattan.^[3]

Wayne returned toNew 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 miniseriesBroken Trail, a western TV film starringRobert Duvall andThomas Haden Church. The series drew 9.8 million viewers and won fourEmmy awards in 2007, includingOutstanding 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 asMad Men (2007),Breaking Bad (2008), andHell on Wheels (2011) where she worked withEndemol in the show's early developmental stages.^[4][2][5][6]

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

Wayne served as the CEO of Assembly Entertainment from 2013 to 2019. She oversaw the development and production of television projects, including the pilot order fromYouTube forIt's a Man's World, a half-hour comedy addressinggender inequality in the gaming industry, written byTheresa Rebeck.^[7] Her other projects during this time includedI'm Dying Up Here forShowtime,MDX, an international medical disaster thriller co-produced withTony Krantz'sFlame Ventures, andMercury 13, an event series in collaboration withJessica Chastain.^[8][5][9]

Wayne joined Amazon Studios in 2019 where she worked onLOL, a reboot ofThe Kids In The Hall, andThree Pines.^[10]

In 2023, Wayne was appointed managing director of MBC Studios, the production arm of theMiddle East broadcasterMBC Group.^[4] She oversees productions inSaudi Arabia, including projects such asThe Devil's Promise andDesert Warrior.^[1][10]

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