WIDEN, Gregory

(Greg Widen, Gregory C. Widen)

PERSONAL

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television, degree in screenwriting.

Addresses: Agent— Rima Bauer Greer, Above the Line Agency, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 804, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Writer, director, producer, and actor. Worked as a firefighter and paramedic in southern California in the early 1980s. Also known as Gregory C. Widen and Greg Widen.

Member: Writers Guild of America West.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Prophecy (also known as God's Army and God's Secret Army ), Miramax/Dimension Films, 1995.

Film Executive Producer:

The Prophecy II (also known as Prophecy II: Ashtown ), Dimension Films, 1998.

Film Character Creator:

Highlander II: The Quickening (also known as Highlander II: The Renegade Version and Highlander—Le retour ), Interstar, 1991.

Highlander III: The Sorcerer (also known as Highlander III, Highlander 3: The Final Conflict, Highlander: The Final Dimension, and Highlander: The Magician ), Dimension Films, 1994.

The Prophecy II (also known as Prophecy II: Ashtown ), Dimension Films, 1998.

Highlander: Endgame (also known as Highlander IV, Highlander 4: The Search for Connor, Highlander IV: World without End, and Highlander: A New Order ), Miramax/Dimension Films, 2000.

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (also known as God's Army III ), Dimension Films, 2000.

Highlander: The Source (also known as Highlander 5 ), Dimension Films, 2004.

Prophecy: Revelation, Dimension Films, 2004.

Film Appearances:

Engine lieutenant, Backdraft, Universal, 1991.

Fanatic blind gunman, The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (also known as God's Army III ), Dimension Films, 2000.

Television Work; Series:

Character creator, Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series ), syndicated, 1992–1998.

Creator, Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle ), syndicated, 1998–1999.

Creator and executive producer, Rescue 77, The WB, 1999.

Television Work; Other:

Coproducer, Weekend War (movie), ABC, 1988.

Director, "Half–Way Horrible," Tales from the Crypt (episodic; also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt ), HBO, 1993.

Supervising producer, The 119 (pilot), CBS, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Highlander, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Backdraft, Universal, 1991.

The Prophecy (also known as God's Army and God's Secret Army ), Miramax/Dimension Films, 1995.

Teleplays; Movies:

Weekend War, ABC, 1988.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Half–Way Horrible," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt ), HBO, 1993.

"The Replacements," Space Rangers, CBS, 1993.

"Remember Me: Part 1," Rescue 77, The WB, 1999.

Teleplays; Pilots:

The 119, CBS, 1997.

Rescue 77, The WB, 1999.

Green Sails, 2000.