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Writer
Gender
Male
Birthday
08 September
Location
California, United States
Edit pageWillard Huyck
Biography
Willard Miller Huyck, Jr. (born September 8, 1945) is an American retired screenwriter, director, and producer, best known for his association with George Lucas.
Huyck and Lucas 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 wrote screenplays for films including American Graffiti, Lucky Lady, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Radioland Murders, They also performed uncredited script polishing on the original Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope.
Huyck also directed four films he co-wrote with Gloria Katz: Messiah of Evil, French Postcards, Best Defense, and Howard the Duck. The latter film received universally negative reviews at its release, but it has become a cult classic in subsequent years.
Katz and Huyck also wrote and produced the NBC television films "A Father's Homecoming" and "American River." Willard Huyck is a current Writers Guild of America member and the Directors Guild of America.
