Biography
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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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Filmography
all 27
Movies 23
Writer 18
TV Shows 4
Director 2
Creator 2
self 1
Producer 1
Self
The War in Heaven: The Making of The Prophecy (2023)
Movie
Writer
Backdraft 2 (2019)
Movie
6
Writer
OtherLife (2017)
Movie
5.88
Characters
Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament (2009)
Movie
Writer
Highlander: The Source (2007)
Movie
4.97
Writer
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)
Movie
5.21
Writer
Hellraiser: Prophecy (2006)
Movie
Writer
The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
Movie
5.12
Writer
The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
Movie
5.35
Writer
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Movie
5.35
Writer
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
Movie
4.91
Writer
Green Sails (2000)
Movie
Writer
Rescue 77 (1999)
TV
Writer
The Prophecy II (1998)
Movie
5.05
Director
The Prophecy (1995)
Movie
5.45
Writer
Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994)
Movie
5.37
Characters
Highlander: The Adventure Begins (1994)
Movie
Creator
Highlander: The Animated Series (1994)
TV
5.33
Writer
Highlander: The Series - Counterfeit (1994)
Movie
Characters
Highlander: The Series - Unholy Alliance (1994)
Movie
Creator
Highlander: The Series (1992)
TV
6.09
Writer
Backdraft (1991)
Movie
6.57
Writer
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Movie
5.81
Director / Screenplay
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
TV
6.4
Writer
Weekend War (1988)
Movie
Writer
Highlander (1986)
Movie
5.81
Executive Producer
Highlander
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.24
Based on 466 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1986
1994
1999
1999
2023
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1958-11-30 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGreg Widen
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