---
name: "Christian Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christian-williams"
fi1m_id: "christian-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0003994"
tmdb_id: 1222834
wikidata_id: "Q9752090"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 July 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:58.890333+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."
---

# Christian Williams

## Identity

Christian Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christian-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christian-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003994
- **TMDB ID:** 1222834
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9752090
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9752090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222834

Writer. Born 9 July 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 July 1943, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1981–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [John Patterson](https://film.one/person/john-patterson.md), [Karen Hall](https://film.one/person/karen-hall.md), [Oz Scott](https://film.one/person/oz-scott.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 86 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9752090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222834

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Christian Williams is an American journalist and television writer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he worked as an editor and reporter at The Washington Post, including on Bob Woodward's investigative team, before moving to Hollywood in the late 1980s.

He wrote episodes of *Hill Street Blues* (1981) and *Northern Exposure* (1990). With David Milch he created the ABC series *Capital News* (1990). Williams created *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995) and served as co-executive producer and writer on two episodes of the HBO series *Six Feet Under* (2001). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as co-executive producer of the latter.

Williams is the author of several books, including the Ted Turner biography *Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way* (1981). He is married to Tracy Olmstead Williams.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *The Division* (2001), series, Writer
- *C-16: FBI* (1997), series, Writer
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, Producer, Writers' Production, Writer, Creator
- *Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules in the Underworld* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules and the Circle of Fire* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules and the Lost Kingdom* (1994), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Hercules and the Amazon Women* (1994), Executive Producer
- *LifeStories: Steve Burdick* (1990), Supervising Producer
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Capital News* (1990), series, Creator
- *Under Siege* (1986), Writer
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

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