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Gloria Katz

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director | * 10/25/1942 († 76, 11/25/2018) | Los Angeles (United States of America (USA))
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. Katz was Jewish. Though uncredited, Katz and Huyck edited Lucas's Star Wars script as they acted as script doctors for Lucas. Katz and Huyck are responsible for much of the humor and development of the iconic Princess Leia in the Star Wars script. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient p ...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

PG

1984 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Adventure, Action
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Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their lives become entangled when Landry must take the tank Wylie designed into combat. Wylie is waiting ...

Best Defense

R

1984 | 2.1/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy, Action
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A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. ...

American Graffiti

PG

1973 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Drama
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A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him fro ...

Howard the Duck

PG

1986 | 2.7/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Gloria Katz

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
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Movies with Gloria Katz as Actress(6)

as herself2009 Remembering Messiah of Evil
as herself2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as herself2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as herself1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti'
as Chief Snail1979 French Postcards
as Ticket Booth Zombie (uncredited)1973 Messiah of Evil

Movies with Gloria Katz as Crew(17)

Writing/Screenplay1994 Radioland Murders
Production/Executive Producer1989 Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
Writing/Teleplay1989 Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
Production/Producer1986 Howard the Duck
Writing/Screenplay1986 Howard the Duck
Writing/Screenplay1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Production/Producer1984 Best Defense
Writing/Screenplay1984 Best Defense
Production/Producer1979 French Postcards
Writing/Writer1979 French Postcards
Writing/Characters1979 More American Graffiti
Crew/Script1977 Star Wars
Writing/Writer1975 Lucky Lady
Writing/Writer1973 American Graffiti
Directing/Director1973 Messiah of Evil
Production/Producer1973 Messiah of Evil
Writing/Screenplay1973 Messiah of Evil

Full Name: Gloria Katz
Born: Sunday, 10/25 1942 (October) in Los Angeles (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 11/25 2018 (November) in Los Angeles (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Willard Huyck
Other names for Gloria Katz (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gloria Katz-Huyck"
Gloria Katz frequently works together with these people:
Willard Huyck (22x, Crew)
George Lucas (16x, Crew)
Harrison Ford (5x, Actor)
Ben Burtt (5x, Crew)
Phil Tippett (5x, Crew)
Richard Dreyfuss (4x, Actor)
Candy Clark (4x, Actress)
Marcia Lucas (4x, Crew)
Peter Bart (4x, Crew)
Bo Hopkins (3x, Actor)
Frank Marshall (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:236811, Added: 08/06/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024