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Gregory Widen

Writer, Actor, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn November 30, 1958 (66 years)
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Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter and film director.

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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Highlander
  • OtherLife
  • Highlander: The Source
  • Space Rangers

Known For

  • Highlander
  • Backdraft
  • The Prophecy
  • Highlander II: The Quickening
  • Highlander: The Series
  • Highlander: Endgame
  • Highlander: The Final Dimension
  • OtherLife
  • The Prophecy II
  • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
  • Highlander: The Source
  • Backdraft 2
  • The Prophecy: Forsaken
  • The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
  • Tales from the Crypt
  • The Prophecy: Uprising

Filmography

2019
2017
2000
1995
The Prophecy · as Screenplay
1991
1989
Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1988
1986
Highlander · as Screenplay

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