---
name: "Chris Mundy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-mundy"
fi1m_id: "chris-mundy"
imdb_id: "nm0612768"
tmdb_id: 1258079
wikidata_id: "Q45175084"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T09:44:21.078991+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Mundy

## Identity

Chris Mundy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-mundy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-mundy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0612768
- **TMDB ID:** 1258079
- **Wikidata ID:** Q45175084
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mundy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45175084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258079

Writer and producer. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** クリス・モンディー
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [John Shiban](https://film.one/person/john-shiban.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Miki Johnson](https://film.one/person/miki-johnson.md), [Phil Abraham](https://film.one/person/phil-abraham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mundy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45175084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258079

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*True Detective*](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md) (80), [*Lanterns*](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*Ozark*](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)
- **AMC+:** [*Hell on Wheels*](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Mundy is an American television writer and producer. He worked for eleven years at Rolling Stone magazine as a writer of celebrity profiles and senior editor before moving into television. He graduated from Brown University and previously attended Omaha Westside High School.

Mundy has written for series including Criminal Minds, Cold Case, Hell on Wheels, Low Winter Sun, Bloodline and Ozark, on which he also served as showrunner and executive producer. He wrote episodes and was an executive producer on the fourth season of True Detective.

Mundy co-created the DC series Lanterns with Damon Lindelof and Tom King, wrote its pilot script and series bible, and is its showrunner. He has received multiple Primetime Emmy and other award nominations for his work on Ozark and True Detective.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvguide.com, nebraskaauthors.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lanterns* (2026), Fi1m 68, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md)
- *Ozark* (2017), Fi1m 70, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Teleplay, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lanterns* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/lanterns.md)
- *Ozark* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/ozark.md)
- *Bloodline* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *True Detective* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Low Winter Sun* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Writer
- *Presidio Med* (2002), series, Writer

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