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Aliases: Greg Widen

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Tales from the Crypt
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8

Tales from the Crypt

(1989) Director
Highlander: The Series
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7

Highlander: The Series

(1992) Creator
Highlander
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7

Highlander

(1986) Screenplay
Backdraft
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7

Backdraft

(1991) Writer
Highlander: Endgame
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5

Highlander: Endgame

(2000) Characters
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
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5

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

(1994) Characters
Highlander II: The Quickening
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5

Highlander II: The Quickening

(1991) Characters
The Prophecy
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7

The Prophecy

(1995) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Co-Producer
1998 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Creator

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 Director
1989 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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