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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Dirty Dozen
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8

The Dirty Dozen

(1967) Screenplay
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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8
Flight of the Phoenix
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6

Flight of the Phoenix

(2004) Scenario Writer
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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8
Monte Walsh
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6

Monte Walsh

(2003) Teleplay
The Flight of the Phoenix
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7

The Flight of the Phoenix

(1965) Screenplay
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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7

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

(1964) Screenplay
Too Late the Hero
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6

Too Late the Hero

(1970) Screenplay

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