Willard Huyck
- September 8, 1945
- 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).
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
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Messiah of Evil
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
Remembering Messiah of Evil