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Willard Huyck

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Years active
  
1969–present

Parents
  
Willard Miller Huyck Sr.

Spouse
  
Gloria Katz (m. 1969)


Role
  
Screenwriter

Name
  
Willard Huyck

Children
  
Rebecca Huyck

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Born
  
September 8, 1945 (age 78) (
1945-09-08
)
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Occupation
  
Screenwriter, film director

Awards
  
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay1973 American GraffitiNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay1973 American GraffitiAcademy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay American Graffiti

Books
  
Lucky Lady, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Movies
  
Howard the Duck, Messiah of Evil, Indiana Jones and the Templ, American Graffiti, Best Defense

Similar People
  
Gloria Katz, George Lucas, Ed Gale, Jeffrey Jones, Paul Le Mat

Willard Huyck - Screenwriter


Willard Huyck (born September 8, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and producer, best known for his association with George Lucas.

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They met as students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and became members of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope group of filmmakers. Along with his wife Gloria Katz, Huyck has created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti, Lucky Lady, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Radioland Murders, He also directed four films he co-wrote with Gloria Katz, Messiah of Evil, French Postcards, Best Defense, and Howard the Duck.

Down these mean streets


Personal life

Huyck married Katz in 1969.

Select Credits

  • Messiah of Evil (1973) - writer
  • Star Wars (1977) - uncredited writer
  • References

    Willard Huyck Wikipedia