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Director

Gregory Widen

Writing

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Directed credits

2

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TMDB popularity

0.8

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 1All crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 28902

IMDb ID: nm0927074

Known for: Writing

Born: November 30, 1958

Age: 67

Place of birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1986 - 2019

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 6.03

Wikidata: Q487408

Also known as

Greg Widen

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Director (2)Characters (14)Writer (5)Creator (3)Screenplay (1)

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.

Movies

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Movies directed by Gregory Widen.

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Directed Series

Series directed by Gregory Widen.

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