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Writer
Lukas Heller
- Born July 21, 1930 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Died November 2, 1988
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
The Dirty Dozen1967
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?1962
Flight of the Phoenix2004
The Flight of the Phoenix1965
The Ipcress File1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964
Damnation Alley1977
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission1985
Filmography
- 2004Flight of the PhoenixFilmScenario Writer
- 2003Monte WalshFilmTeleplay
- 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionFilmCharacters
- 1986Blue CityFilmWriter
- 1985The Dirty Dozen: Next MissionFilmCharacters
- 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilFilmWriter
- 1979Son of HitlerFilmWriter
- 1977Damnation AlleyFilmScreenplay
- 1973The Deadly TrackersFilmWriter
- 1970Too Late the HeroFilmScreenplay
- 1970Monte WalshFilmScreenplay
- 1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeFilmWriter
- 1967The Dirty DozenFilmScreenplay
- 1965The Flight of the PhoenixFilmScreenplay
- 1965The Ipcress FileFilmAdditional Writing
- 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteFilmScreenplay
- 1964Hot Enough for JuneFilmScreenplay
- 1962What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?FilmScreenplay
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeriesWriter
- 1962Candidate for MurderFilmWriter
- 1961Never Back LosersFilmScreenplay
- 1960Sunday-Night PlaySeriesWriter
- 1959SapphireFilmAdditional Dialogue