Gregory Widen

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter and film director A student in UCLAs 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia