Gloria Katz

Gloria Katz (born October 25, 1942) is an American screenwriter and film producer,[1] best known for her association with George Lucas. Along with her husband Willard Huyck, Katz has created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Howard the Duck.[1] Katz is of Jewish descent.[2][3] Filmography[edit]

Messiah of Evil
Messiah of Evil (1973) American Graffiti
American Graffiti (1973) Lucky Lady
Lucky Lady (1975) French Postcards (1979) Best Defense
Best Defense (1984) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Howard the Duck (1986) Mothers, Daughters and Lovers (TV movie) (1989) Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders (1994)

References[edit]

^ a b "Gloria Katz". The New York Times. ^ Erens, Patricia (1998). The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6. ^ McNeil Jr., Donald G. (August 20, 1984). " Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck's Best Defense
Best Defense Against Critics Is Their Screenwriting Track Record". People magazine. "Gloria is a Jewish Cinderella from Beverly Hills, and Willard is the ultimate WASP."

External links[edit]

Gloria Katz on IMDb

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay

1980–2000

Can't Stop the Music – Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr
Allan Carr (1980) Mommie Dearest – Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner and Robert Getchell (1981) Inchon – Robin Moore and Laird Koenig (1982) The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady – John Kershaw, Shawn Randall and Ellen Shephard (1983) Bolero – John Derek
John Derek (1984) Rambo: First Blood Part II – Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron
James Cameron and Kevin Jarre (1985) Howard the Duck – Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz (1986) Leonard Part 6
Leonard Part 6 – Jonathan Reynolds and Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (1987) Cocktail – Heywood Gould (1988) Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights – Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy (1989) The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane – Daniel Waters, James Cappe & David Arnott (1990) Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk – Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis and Robert Kraft (1991) Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot – Blake Snyder, William Osborne and William Davies – (1992) Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal – Amy Holden Jones (1993) The Flintstones – Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, Tom S. Parker and various others (1994) Showgirls
Showgirls – Joe Eszterhas (1995) Striptease – Andrew Bergman (1996) The Postman – Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland (1997) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn – Joe Eszterhas (1998) Wild Wild West
Wild Wild West – Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman (1999) Battlefield Earth – Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro
J. David Shapiro (2000)