Gregory Widen
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 30 November 1958 · Los Angeles County, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Widen licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 1
- 2023The War in Heaven as Self
Writing 22
- 2019Backdraft 2 · writer
- 2017OtherLife · writer
- 2009Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament · characters
- 2007Highlander: The Search for Vengeance · characters
- 2007Highlander: The Source · characters
- 2006Hellraiser: Prophecy · characters
- 2005The Prophecy: Forsaken · characters
- 2005The Prophecy: Uprising · characters
- 2000Highlander: Endgame · characters
- 2000The Prophecy 3: The Ascent · characters
- 2000Green Sails · writer
- 1998The Prophecy II · characters
- 1996Highlander: The Adventure Begins · characters
- 1995The Prophecy · screenplay
- 1994Highlander III: The Sorcerer · characters
- 1994Highlander: Counterfeit · characters
- 1994Highlander: Unholy Alliance · characters
- 1993Highlander: The Gathering · characters
- 1991Backdraft · writer
- 1991Highlander II: The Quickening · characters
- 1988Weekend War · writer
- 1986Highlander · screenplay
Production 2
- 2019Backdraft 2 · co-producer
- 1998The Prophecy II · executive producer
Directing 1
- 1995The Prophecy · director
Created 1
- 1992Highlander: The Series · creator