Gregory Widen

A native of Laguna Beach, California, Gregory Widen is a former firefighter, NPR station host, and mountain-rescue team member. While a film student at UCLA, he penned the script for what would become the movie Highlander , starring Sean Connery. Among his other screenplays are Backdraft and The Prophecy , and his television writing includes scripts for Tales from the Crypt and Rescue 77 . A committed traveler, his explorations have taken him to war-torn Somalia, Uzbekistan, Namibia, the...See more

A native of Laguna Beach, California, Gregory Widen is a former firefighter, NPR station host, and mountain-rescue team member. While a film student at UCLA, he penned the script for what would become the movie Highlander , starring Sean Connery. Among his other screenplays are Backdraft and The Prophecy , and his television writing includes scripts for Tales from the Crypt and Rescue 77 . A committed traveler, his explorations have taken him to war-torn Somalia, Uzbekistan, Namibia, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the arctic island of Svalbard, Indonesia, and Argentina. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is at work on a film for Universal Pictures. See less