Person
Lukas Heller
Writing · 1930–1988 · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Writer
Sunday-Night Play
Writer
The Dirty Dozen
Screenplay
Sapphire
Additional Dialogue
Damnation Alley
Screenplay
Flight of the Phoenix
Scenario Writer
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Screenplay
Too Late the Hero
Screenplay
The Flight of the Phoenix
Screenplay
Monte Walsh
Teleplay
Filmography
- 2004Flight of the PhoenixScenario Writer
- 2003Monte WalshTeleplay
- 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionCharacters
- 1986Blue CityWriter
- 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilWriter
- 1985The Dirty Dozen: Next MissionCharacters
- 1979Son of HitlerWriter
- 1977Damnation AlleyScreenplay
- 1973The Deadly TrackersWriter
- 1970Monte WalshScreenplay
- 1970Too Late the HeroScreenplay
- 1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeWriter
- 1967The Dirty DozenScreenplay
- 1965The Flight of the PhoenixScreenplay
- 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteScreenplay
- 1964Hot Enough for JuneScreenplay
- 1962What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Screenplay
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourWriter
- 1962Candidate for MurderWriter
- 1961Never Back LosersScreenplay
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayWriter
- 1959SapphireAdditional Dialogue
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