Willard Huyck
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| Willard Huyck | |||||||
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| Born | September 8, 1945 |
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| Occupation | Screenwriter, Film director | ||||||
| Years active | 1969 - present | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Katz | ||||||
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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. Along with his wife Gloria Katz, Huyck has created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. 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."
[edit] Directing filmography
- Messiah of Evil (Dead People) (1973)
- French Postcards (1979)
- Best Defense (1984)
- Howard the Duck (Howard: A New Breed of Hero) (1986)

