Lukas Heller
German screenwriter

Lukas Heller

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German screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
Germany
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Screenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
21 July 1930(Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Death:
2 November 1988
Family:
Children:
Bruno Heller
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Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German screenwriter, born in Kiel. He won an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture for Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), and was also known for writing the screen adaption to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

He was father to British writers Bruno and Zoë Heller.

Filmography

  • Candidate for Murder (1962
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  • Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
  • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
  • The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • The Killing of Sister George (1968)
  • Too Late the Hero (1970)
  • Monte Walsh (1970)
  • The Deadly Trackers (1973)
  • Damnation Alley (1977)
  • Son of Hitler (1979)
  • Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (TV)
  • Blue City (1986)