Gregory Widen
Writing
- Born
- November 30, 1958 (age 67) · Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter and film director.
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A student in UCLA's screenwriting program, he sold his script for Highlander while still an undergraduate. Before entering the UCLA program, Widen attended Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California.
Widen worked as a firefighter for three years. He witnessed a person killed by an explosive backdraft, which became the basis for the screenplay for the movie Backdraft.
In 1995 he wrote and directed the supernatural thriller The Prophecy starring Christopher Walken.
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Known for
Highlander
March 7, 1986
Backdraft
May 24, 1991
Highlander II: The Quickening
January 13, 1991
The Prophecy
August 5, 1995
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
November 29, 1994
OtherLife
June 16, 2017
Highlander: Endgame
September 1, 2000
The Prophecy II
January 20, 1998
Highlander: The Source
February 6, 2007
Backdraft 2
May 14, 2019
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
March 14, 2000
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
June 5, 2007
Behind the camera21
- 2019Backdraft 2 Writer, Co-Producer, Characters
- 2017OtherLife Writer
- 2009Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament Characters
- 2007Highlander: The Search for Vengeance Characters
- 2007Highlander: The Source Characters
- 2005The Prophecy: Forsaken Characters
- 2005The Prophecy: Uprising Characters
- 2000Highlander: Endgame Characters
- 2000The Prophecy 3: The Ascent Characters
- 2000Green Sails