Gregory Widen

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-11-30 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles County, California, USA

Also Known As Greg Widen

Gregory Widen

Biography

​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

Writer

2019
Backdraft 2

as Writer

2019
Backdraft 2

as Characters

2017
OtherLife

as Writer

2007
2006
Hellraiser: Prophecy

as Characters

2005
2005
2000
Green Sails

as Writer

2000
2000
Highlander: Endgame

as Characters

1998
The Prophecy II

as Characters

1995
The Prophecy

as Screenplay

1994
1994
1991
Backdraft

as Writer

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Screenplay

1988
Weekend War

as Writer

1986
Highlander

as Screenplay

Producer

Highlander

as Executive Producer

2019
Backdraft 2

as Co-Producer

1998
The Prophecy II

as Executive Producer

Creator

1999
Rescue 77

as Creator

1992

Director

1995
The Prophecy

as Director

1989