Willard Huyck
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 8, 1945, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- Movies
- 20
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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.
Upcoming Willard Huyck Movies
Best-Known Movies
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
American Graffiti
1973
Howard the Duck
1986
Messiah of Evil
1975
Best Defense
1984
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Radioland Murders
1994
Lucky Lady
1975
The Devil's Eight
1969
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Screenplay |
| 1988 | A Father's Homecoming | Writer |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Best Defense | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Screenplay |
| 1979 | French Postcards | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Writer |
| 1975 | Messiah of Evil | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Writer |
| 1969 | The Devil's Eight | Screenplay |
| 1966 | Down These Mean Streets | Director, Writer |
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