Gregory Widen

Screenwriter. Born 30 November 1958 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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Born

30 November 1958, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Active

1986–1991

Biography

Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter, film director and novelist. He wrote the screenplay for the film Highlander (1986) while an undergraduate at UCLA.

Widen worked as a firefighter for three years and drew on that experience for the screenplay of Backdraft (1991). In 1995 he wrote and directed the supernatural thriller The Prophecy.

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Films and series

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Highlander II: The Quickening

1991 · Characters

Highlander

1986 · Screenplay