
Person
Gloria Katz
Writing · 1942–2018 · Los Angeles, U.S.A
Biography
Gloria Katz (October 25, 1942 - November 25, 2018) was an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for her association with George Lucas. Along with her husband Willard Huyck, Katz created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Howard the Duck.
Known for

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Screenplay

American Graffiti
Writer

Howard the Duck
Screenplay

More American Graffiti
Characters

Messiah of Evil
Ticket Booth Zombie (uncredited)

Radioland Murders
Screenplay

Lucky Lady
Writer

Best Defense
Screenplay

French Postcards
Chief Snail

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Self
Filmography
- 2009Remembering Messiah of Evilherself
- 2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersSelf
- 2003Indiana Jones: Making the TrilogySelf
- 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf
- 1998The Making of 'American Graffiti'Self
- 1994Radioland MurdersScreenplay
- 1989Mothers, Daughters and LoversTeleplay
- 1988A Father's HomecomingWriter
- 1986Howard the DuckScreenplay
- 1984Best DefenseScreenplay
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomScreenplay
- 1979French PostcardsChief Snail
- 1979More American GraffitiCharacters
- 1975Lucky LadyWriter
- 1975Messiah of EvilTicket Booth Zombie (uncredited)
- 1973American GraffitiWriter
- 1966The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Suitors—EvenDirector
- —Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the BombSelf (archive footage)
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