Known for
Writing
Credits
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Gender
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Birthday
Jul 21, 1930
Day of death
Nov 2, 1988 (58)
Place of birth
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Also known as
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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
Credits
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil | Writer |
| 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 | The Killing of Sister George | Writer |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix | Screenplay |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Screenplay |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June | Screenplay |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Writer |
| 1961 | Never Back Losers | Screenplay |
| 1959 | Sapphire | Additional Dialogue |