Gregory Widen

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.

Credits

• Highlander (1986) writer
  • Also given credit for "characters" in various sequels
• Weekend War (1988) teleplay writer, co-producer
• Backdraft (1991) writer, cameo as "Engine Lieutenant"
• Space Rangers (1993) writer
• Tales from the Crypt: "Half-Way Horrible" (1993) teleplay writer, director
• The Prophecy (1995) writer, director
  • The Prophecy II (1998) executive producer
  • Also given credit for "characters" in various sequels
• Rescue 77 (1999) creator, writer, executive producer
• Green Sails (2000) writer, co-executive producer
• Blood Makes Noise (2013) novel

External links

• Gregory Widen at IMDb