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Willard Huyck

Willard Huyck

Born: 1945-09-08 • 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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Filmography
Remembering Messiah of Evil poster
Remembering Messiah of Evil
2009 • himself
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood poster
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009 • Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters poster
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 • Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope poster
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004 • Self
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004 • Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy poster
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003 • Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 • Self
The Making of 'American Graffiti' poster
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998 • Self
Messiah of Evil poster
Messiah of Evil
1975 • Zombie in Car (uncredited)