Director

Willard Huyck

Writing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 686

IMDb ID: nm0404754

Known for: Writing

Born: September 8, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1966 - 2009

Years active: 44

Average TMDB rating: 6.06

Wikidata: Q1383657

Also known as

Willard Miller Huyck

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Director (5)Screenplay (3)Writer (3)Characters (1)Teleplay (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Huyck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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