Willard Huyck

Also Credited As:

Willard M Huyck
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Biography

The pair went on to had far less success as a director. Huyck and Katz have written such enduring Hollywood films as "American Graffiti" (1973), and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984), but as a co-writer and director he has been responsible for one of the most disastrous releases of all time -- "Howard the Duck". Huyck began in the entertainment business after being graduated from USC, starting as reader for Larry Gordon, then head …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

September 8, 1945

LATEST CREDITS

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Interviewee

Lucky Lady

Boatbuilder, Screenplay, From Story

French Postcards

Director, Screenplay

Howard the Duck

Director, Screenplay

Messiah of Evil

Director, Screenplay

Best Defense

Director, Screenplay

A Father's Homecoming

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

Screenplay

Mission: Impossible

Screenplay

War Games 2: The Dead Code

Screenplay

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Screenplay

Radioland Murders

Screenplay

American Graffiti

Writer

More American Graffiti

Characters as Source Material ("American Graffiti" )