Writing
Gregory Widen
Nov 30, 1958 (67 years) 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
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
Director, Screenplay
6.9
Highlander
Screenplay
7.4
Highlander: The Series
Creator
6.7
Backdraft
Writer
4.7
Highlander II: The Quickening
Characters
6.5
The Prophecy
Screenplay, Director
4.8
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Characters
4.8
Highlander: Endgame
Characters
6.4
OtherLife
Writer
6.0
The Prophecy II
Characters, Executive Producer
6.3
Backdraft 2
Writer, Co-Producer, Characters
4.0
Highlander: The Source
Characters
5.8
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Characters
7.2
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Characters
5.1
The Prophecy: Forsaken
Characters
Filmography
6.3
Backdraft 2
2019 · Writer, Co-Producer, Characters
6.4
OtherLife
2017 · Writer
1.8
Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament
2009 · Characters
4.0
Highlander: The Source
2007 · Characters
7.2
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
2007 · Characters
5.1
The Prophecy: Forsaken
2005 · Characters
5.1
The Prophecy: Uprising
2005 · Characters
4.8
Highlander: Endgame
2000 · Characters
5.8
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
2000 · Characters
5.0
Green Sails
2000 · Writer
5.0
Rescue 77
1999 · Creator
6.0
The Prophecy II
1998 · Characters, Executive Producer
4.2
Highlander: The Adventure Begins
1996 · Characters
6.5
The Prophecy
1995 · Screenplay, Director
4.8
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · Characters
7.2
Highlander: The Animated Series
1994 · Creator
6.5
Highlander: Counterfeit
1994 · Characters
4.0
Highlander: Unholy Alliance
1994 · Characters
Highlander: The Gathering
1993 · Characters
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Creator
6.7
Backdraft
1991 · Writer
4.7
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991 · Characters
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Director, Screenplay
3.7
Weekend War
1988 · Writer
6.9
Highlander
1986 · Screenplay