Willard Huyck
Writing
- Born
- September 8, 1945 (age 81) · Los Angeles, California, U.S
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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).
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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
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
May 23, 1984
American Graffiti
August 11, 1973
Howard the Duck
August 1, 1986
Messiah of Evil
April 23, 1975
Best Defense
July 20, 1984
More American Graffiti
August 3, 1979
Radioland Murders
October 21, 1994
Lucky Lady
December 25, 1975
The Devil's Eight
May 14, 1969
French Postcards
October 19, 1979
A Father's Homecoming
June 19, 1988
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
September 10, 1989
Behind the camera13
- 1994Radioland Murders Screenplay
- 1989Mothers, Daughters and Lovers Teleplay, Executive Producer
- 1988A Father's Homecoming Executive Producer, Writer
- 1986Howard the Duck Director, Screenplay
- 1984Best Defense Director, Screenplay
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Screenplay
- 1979French Postcards Director, Writer
- 1979More American Graffiti Characters
- 1975Lucky Lady Writer
- 1975Messiah of Evil