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Gregory Widen
Born November 30, 1958 in Los Angeles County, California, USA21 films
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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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21 films- 2019Backdraft 2Writer
- 2017OtherLifeWriter
- 2009Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's LamentCharacters
- 2007Highlander: The Search for VengeanceCharacters
- 2007Highlander: The SourceCharacters
- 2005The Prophecy: ForsakenCharacters
- 2005The Prophecy: UprisingCharacters
- 2000Highlander: EndgameCharacters
- 2000The Prophecy 3: The AscentCharacters
- 2000Green SailsWriter
- 1998The Prophecy IICharacters
- 1996Highlander: The Adventure BeginsCharacters
- 1995The ProphecyScreenplay
- 1994Highlander III: The SorcererCharacters
- 1994Highlander: CounterfeitCharacters
- 1994Highlander: Unholy AllianceCharacters
- 1993Highlander: The GatheringCharacters
- 1991BackdraftWriter
- 1991Highlander II: The QuickeningCharacters
- 1988Weekend WarWriter
- 1986HighlanderScreenplay