Gregory Widen

Writer, Actor, Director, Producer

November 30, 1958 (67 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
    Highlander1986
  • Highlander II: The Quickening
    Highlander II: The Quickening1991
  • OtherLife
    OtherLife2017
  • Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source2007
  • Space Rangers
    Space Rangers1 season

Known For

  • Highlander
    Highlander1986
  • Backdraft
    Backdraft1991
  • The Prophecy
    The Prophecy1995
  • Highlander II: The Quickening
    Highlander II: The Quickening1991
  • Highlander: The Series
    Highlander: The Series6 seasons
  • Highlander: The Source
    Highlander: The Source2007
  • OtherLife
    OtherLife2017
  • Highlander: The Final Dimension
    Highlander: The Final Dimension1994
  • Highlander: Endgame
    Highlander: Endgame2000
  • The Prophecy II
    The Prophecy II1998
  • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
    Highlander: The Search for Vengeance2007
  • Backdraft 2
    Backdraft 22019
  • The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
    The Prophecy 3: The Ascent2000
  • The Prophecy: Uprising
    The Prophecy: Uprising2005
  • Tales from the Crypt
    Tales from the Crypt7 seasons
  • The Prophecy: Forsaken
    The Prophecy: Forsaken2005

Filmography

2019
2017
OtherLifeOn Plex
2000
1995
The Prophecy · as Screenplay
1991
1989
Tales from the Crypt · as Screenplay
1988
1986
Highlander · as ScreenplayOn Plex

1991
Backdraft · as Engine Lieutenant

2019
Backdraft 2 · as Co-Producer
2000
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent · as Executive Producer
1999
Rescue 77 · as Executive Producer
1998
The Prophecy II · as Executive Producer
1988
Weekend War · as Co-Producer
Highlander · as Executive Producer

2007
Highlander: The Source · as CharactersOn Plex
2007
2006
Hellraiser: Prophecy · as Characters
2005
The Prophecy: Forsaken · as Characters
2005
The Prophecy: Uprising · as Characters
2000
Highlander: Endgame · as Characters
2000
2000
Green Sails · as Co-Executive Producer
1999
Rescue 77 · as Creator
1998
The Prophecy II · as Characters
1996
1994
1993
Highlander: The Gathering · as Characters
1993
Space Rangers · as Written ByOn Plex
1992
Highlander: The Series · as Character
1991
Highlander II: The Quickening · as CharactersOn Plex