Willard Huyck
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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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Acting
Movie
Messiah of Evil
as Zombie in Car (uncredited)
1975
Movie
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
Movie
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
as Self
1998
Movie
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Self
2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
as Self
2004
Movie
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as Self
2003
Movie
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
2006
Movie
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
as Self
2009
Movie
Remembering Messiah of Evil
as himself
2009
Movie
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
as Self
Crew
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Screenplay
1984
Movie
American Graffiti
Writer
1973
Movie
Howard the Duck
Director
1986
Movie
Messiah of Evil
Director
1975
Movie
Best Defense
Director
1984
Movie
More American Graffiti
Characters
1979
Movie
Radioland Murders
Screenplay
1994
Movie
Lucky Lady
Writer
1975
Movie
The Devil's Eight
Screenplay
1969
Movie
French Postcards
Director
1979
Movie
A Father's Homecoming
Executive Producer
1988
Movie
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
Teleplay
1989