Blood Makes Noise (42 page)

Photograph by A. S.

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.