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Gregory Widen

Writing · Born 1958-11-30 · Los Angeles County, California, USA

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

Filmography

2023The War in HeavenSelf
2019Backdraft 2Writer
2017OtherLifeWriter
2009Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's LamentCharacters
2007Highlander: The Search for VengeanceCharacters
2007Highlander: The SourceCharacters
2006Hellraiser: ProphecyCharacters
2005The Prophecy: ForsakenCharacters
2005The Prophecy: UprisingCharacters
2000Highlander: EndgameCharacters
2000The Prophecy 3: The AscentCharacters
2000Green SailsWriter
1999Rescue 77Creator
1998The Prophecy IICharacters
1996Highlander: The Adventure BeginsCharacters
1995The ProphecyDirector
1994Highlander III: The SorcererCharacters
1994Highlander: The Animated SeriesCreator
1994Highlander: CounterfeitCharacters
1994Highlander: Unholy AllianceCharacters
1993Highlander: The GatheringCharacters
1992Highlander: The SeriesCreator
1991BackdraftWriter
1991Highlander II: The QuickeningCharacters
1989Tales from the CryptDirector
1988Weekend WarWriter
1986HighlanderScreenplay

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