Willard Huyck
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, U.S
Biography
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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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Movies with Willard Huyck
- Messiah of Evil 1975 · ★ 6.2
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003 · ★ 7.1
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' 1998 · ★ 7.8
- Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' 2004 · ★ 7.0
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope 2004 · ★ 7.6
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy 2003 · ★ 7.9
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters 2006 · ★ 6.5
- Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood 2009 · ★ 6.0
- Remembering Messiah of Evil 2009
Movies directed by Willard Huyck
- Howard the Duck 1986 · ★ 5.5
- Messiah of Evil 1975 · ★ 6.2
- Best Defense 1984 · ★ 4.3
- French Postcards 1979 · ★ 5.1
- Down These Mean Streets 1966