
Willard Huyck
- Born
- September 8, 1945 (81 years old)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
Biography
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Willard Huyck (born September 8, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer, best known for his association with George Lucas. They met as students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and along with others, they became members of a renowned group of amateur filmmakers called The Dirty Dozen. Along with his wife Gloria Katz, Huyck has created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, as well as collaborating with George Lucas on the original Star Wars. He has directed four films, the last being the notorious Howard the Duck (1986).
He still writes screenplays and scripts following Howard The Duck including Mothers, Daughters and Lovers, Radioland Murders and the upcoming Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse.
His last name is pronounced "Hike."
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Known for
Filmography
- 1994Radioland MurdersFilm · Screenplay★ 5.8

- 1989Mothers, Daughters and LoversFilm · Teleplay, Executive Producer

- 1988A Father's HomecomingFilm · Executive Producer, Writer

- 1986Howard the DuckFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 5.5

- 1984Best DefenseFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 4.3

- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomFilm · Screenplay★ 7.3

- 1979French PostcardsFilm · Director, Writer

- 1979More American GraffitiFilm · Characters★ 5.2

- 1975Lucky LadyFilm · Writer

- 1975Messiah of EvilFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay★ 6.3

- 1973American GraffitiFilm · Writer★ 7.1

- 1969The Devil's EightFilm · Screenplay

- 1966Down These Mean StreetsFilm · Writer, Director
