Lukas Heller
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-21
Day of Death
1988-11-02 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lukas Heller
Biography
Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German-born British screenwriter. Heller was born to a Jewish family in Kiel. His father was political philosopher Hermann Heller. He was known for writing the screen adaptions for several Robert Aldrich films such as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); for the later film he won an Edgar Award with Henry Farrell, who wrote the source text for both films.
Known For
Crew
(2004)
Flight of the Phoenix
Scenario Writer
(2003)
Monte Walsh
Teleplay
(1988)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Characters
(1986)
Blue City
Writer
(1985)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Characters
(1985)
(1979)
Son of Hitler
Writer
(1977)
Damnation Alley
Screenplay
(1973)
The Deadly Trackers
Writer
(1970)
Too Late the Hero
Screenplay
(1970)
Monte Walsh
Screenplay
(1968)
(1967)
The Dirty Dozen
Screenplay
(1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix
Screenplay
(1964)
Hot Enough for June
Screenplay
(1964)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Screenplay
(1962)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Screenplay
(1961)
Never Back Losers
Screenplay
(1959)
Sapphire
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