Gloria Katz

1942–2018 · screenwriter, film producer

Gloria Katz was an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for her association with George Lucas. Along with her husband Willard Huyck, Katz's credited screenplays include American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Howard the Duck, and Night Ride Down (unproduced). Katz was Jewish.

Gloria Katz, in order

1. 1973 American Graffiti: wrote · directed by George Lucas · critics 95%, audiences 84% · streaming on TCM
2. 1973 Messiah of Evil: directed, produced
3. 1975 Lucky Lady: wrote · directed by Stanley Donen
4. 1979 French Postcards: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Willard Huyck
5. 1979 More American Graffiti: wrote · directed by Bill L. Norton · critics 27%, audiences 33%
6. 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 77%, audiences 82% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
7. 1985 Best Defense: wrote, produced · directed by Willard Huyck · audiences 14% · streaming on Hoopla
8. 1986 Howard the Duck: wrote, produced · directed by Willard Huyck · critics 14%, audiences 38%
9. 1994 Radioland Murders: wrote · directed by Mel Smith · critics 33%, audiences 60%