
Person
Willard Huyck
Writing · Born 1945-09-08 · Los Angeles, California, U.S
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Huyck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Screenplay

American Graffiti
Writer

Howard the Duck
Screenplay

French Postcards
Director

Lucky Lady
Writer

The Devil's Eight
Screenplay

Best Defense
Screenplay

Messiah of Evil
Zombie in Car (uncredited)

Radioland Murders
Screenplay

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Self
Filmography
- 2009Remembering Messiah of Evilhimself
- 2009Teen Spirit: Teenagers and HollywoodSelf
- 2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersSelf
- 2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American ZoetropeSelf
- 2004Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'Self
- 2003Indiana Jones: Making the TrilogySelf
- 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf
- 1998The Making of 'American Graffiti'Self
- 1994Radioland MurdersScreenplay
- 1989Mothers, Daughters and LoversExecutive Producer
- 1988A Father's HomecomingWriter
- 1986Howard the DuckScreenplay
- 1984Best DefenseScreenplay
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomScreenplay
- 1979French PostcardsDirector
- 1979More American GraffitiCharacters
- 1975Lucky LadyWriter
- 1975Messiah of EvilZombie in Car (uncredited)
- 1973American GraffitiWriter
- 1969The Devil's EightScreenplay
- 1966Down These Mean StreetsDirector
- —Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the BombSelf
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