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