Otto Heller

Biography

Otto Heller, B.S.C. (born Ota Heller, 8 March 1896, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 19 February 1970, London, England, UK) was a Czech cinematographer long resident in the United Kingdom. He worked on almost 200 films, including The Queen of Spades (1949), the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955) and the thriller Peeping Tom (1960). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Date of birth may be September 3, 1896.

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Heave-Ho!

(1934) Director of Photography

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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

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Should We Wed Them?

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Business in Distress

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Golden Arrow

(1949) Director of Photography

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The Square Ring

(1953) Director of Photography

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Little Dorrit

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The Singer Not the Song

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1938	Self – Director of Photography	Duchacek Will Fix It 1938-06-03 Movie
	Self	The Illusion Factory 1938-03-11 Movie
1933	kameraman	With the exception of the public 1933-09-08 Movie
1931	N/A	Business in Distress 1931-10-16 Movie
1930	voják	Imperial and Royal Field Marshal 1930-10-24 Movie
1925	N/A	Syn hor 1925-10-23 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1970	Director of Photography	Bloomfield 1970-12-01 Movie
1969	Director of Photography	In Search of Gregory 1969-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? 1969-03-19 Movie
1968	Director of Photography	Duffy 1968-09-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River 1968-07-12 Movie
1967	Director of Photography	I'll Never Forget What's'isname 1967-12-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Naked Runner 1967-07-19 Movie
1966	Director of Photography	Funeral in Berlin 1966-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Alfie 1966-03-29 Movie
1965	Director of Photography	Masquerade 1965-04-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Ipcress File 1965-03-18 Movie
1964	Director of Photography	The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb 1964-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Woman of Straw 1964-04-28 Movie
1963	Director of Photography	West 11 1963-10-08 Movie
1962	Director of Photography	Life for Ruth 1962-09-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Light in the Piazza 1962-02-07 Movie
1961	Director of Photography	Victim 1961-08-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Singer Not the Song 1961-01-05 Movie
1960	Director of Photography	Too Hot to Handle 1960-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Peeping Tom 1960-05-16 Movie
1959	Director of Photography	Ferry to Hong Kong 1959-10-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Rough and the Smooth 1959-10-02 Movie
1958	Director of Photography	The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw 1958-10-28 Movie
1957	Director of Photography	The Truth About Women 1957-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Vicious Circle 1957-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Manuela 1957-07-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Passionate Stranger 1957-03-04 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	Circus Friends 1956-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Child in the House 1956-08-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Who Done It? 1956-03-20 Movie
1955	Director of Photography	Richard III 1955-12-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Ladykillers 1955-12-08 Movie
1954	Director of Photography	The Divided Heart 1954-11-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Rainbow Jacket 1954-05-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	His Majesty O'Keefe 1954-01-16 Movie
1953	Director of Photography	The Square Ring 1953-07-13 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	The Man Who Watched Trains Go By 1952-12-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Crimson Pirate 1952-09-27 Movie
1951	Director of Photography	Flesh and Blood 1951-03-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	I'll Get You for This 1951-01-01 Movie
1949	Director of Photography	Golden Arrow 1949-12-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Now Barabbas 1949-05-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last Days of Dolwyn 1949-04-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Queen of Spades 1949-03-16 Movie
1948	Director of Photography	Noose 1948-09-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bond Street 1948-05-12 Movie
1947	Director of Photography	They Made Me a Fugitive 1947-06-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Temptation Harbour 1947-02-27 Movie
1946	Director of Photography	Night Boat to Dublin 1946-01-08 Movie
1945	Director of Photography	I Live in Grosvenor Square 1945-07-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Flight from Folly 1945-05-21 Movie
1944	Director of Photography	One Exciting Night 1944-12-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mr. Emmanuel 1944-08-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Hundred Pound Window 1944-04-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Candlelight in Algeria 1944-03-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Czechoslovaks March On 1944-01-01 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	The Night Invader 1943-12-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dark Tower 1943-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tomorrow We Live 1943-04-05 Movie
1941	Director of Photography	Dangers in the Dark 1941-01-01 Movie
1940	Director of Photography	Two Women 1940-05-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	From Mayerling to Sarajevo 1940-01-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Threats 1940-01-11 Movie
1939	Director of Photography	The Ghost Train 1939-05-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Slávko nedej se! 1939-01-20 Movie
1938	Director of Photography	Duchacek Will Fix It 1938-06-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Step into the Darkness 1938-02-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Třetí zvonění 1938-02-04 Movie
1937	Director of Photography	The White Disease 1937-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	History of Philosophy 1937-11-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Karel Hynek Mácha 1937-09-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Girls, Stand Fast! 1937-08-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	The High Command 1937-08-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Důvod k rozvodu 1937-08-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	The World Belongs to Us 1937-07-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vzdušné torpédo 48 1937-03-05 Movie
1936	Director of Photography	Port Arthur 1936-12-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dreams Come True 1936-12-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Port Arthur 1936-12-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Uličnice 1936-10-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Ulička v ráji 1936-09-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jízdní hlídka 1936-09-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Na tý louce zelený 1936-08-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936-07-28 Movie
1935	Director of Photography	The Young Count 1935-12-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bezdětná 1935-11-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	...and Life Goes On 1935-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Eleventh Commandment 1935-08-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Raging Barbora 1935-04-12 Movie
1934	Director of Photography	Polská krev 1934-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Don't Make Grandpa Angry 1934-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Heave-Ho! 1934-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tři kroky od těla 1934-08-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Little Dorrit 1934-08-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Žena, která ví, co chce 1934-08-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Carnival of Love 1934-05-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Die vertauschte Braut 1934-04-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Anita v ráji 1934-03-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín 1934-01-05 Movie
1933	Director of Photography	Dobrý tramp Bernášek 1933-11-24 Movie
	Camera Operator	Prodaná nevěsta 1933-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	With the exception of the public 1933-09-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	I'm a Girl with a Devil in the Flesh 1933-08-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	His Majesty's Adjutant 1933-04-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Baby 1933-01-13 Movie
1932	Director of Photography	Anton Špelec, Sharp-Shooter 1932-12-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Zapadlí vlastenci 1932-10-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Ideal Schoolmaster 1932-09-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Before Graduation 1932-09-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Ringer 1932-07-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Undertaker 1932-06-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Should We Wed Them? 1932-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Une nuit au paradis 1932-05-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes 1932-03-25 Movie
1931	Director of Photography	Business in Distress 1931-10-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Squeeker 1931-07-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Him and His Sister 1931-04-03 Movie
1930	Director of Photography	Imperial and Royal Field Marshal 1930-10-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Viennese hearts 1930-04-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The girl from USA 1930-04-04 Movie
	Camera Operator	St. Wenceslas 1930-04-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	An old sin 1930-02-07 Movie
1929	Director of Photography	Adjunkt Vrba 1929-12-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pražské švadlenky 1929-11-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Das Mädel mit der Peitsche 1929-11-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Sins of Love 1929-10-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sündig und süß 1929-07-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Father Vojtech 1929-03-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Známosti z ulice 1929-01-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sündenfall 1929-01-04 Movie
1928	Director of Photography	Suzy Saxophone 1928-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Daughters of Eve 1928-04-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Kedlubnový kavalír 1928-03-23 Movie
1927	Director of Photography	The Lovers of an Old Criminal 1927-10-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Květ ze Šumavy 1927-09-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Werther 1927-04-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Kreutzer Sonata 1927-02-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Loupežníci na Chlumu 1927-02-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Aničko, vrať se! 1927-02-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Old Man Bezousek 1927-01-14 Movie
1926	Director of Photography	The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová 1926-12-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Švejk On The Front 1926-10-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Fake Sweetheart 1926-09-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Příběh jednoho dne 1926-04-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hraběnka z Podskalí 1926-03-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Good Soldier Švejk 1926-02-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Josef Kajetán Tyl 1926-01-29 Movie
1925	Director of Photography	Lucerna 1925-11-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Syn hor 1925-10-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Karel Havlíček Borovský 1925-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy 1925-06-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Píseň života 1925-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Chyťte ho! 1925-01-01 Movie
1924	Director of Photography	White Paradise 1924-08-01 Movie
1923	Director of Photography	The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker 1923-12-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Muž bez srdce 1923-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tu ten kámen 1923-09-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Za oponou smrti 1923-08-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dr. Jenkins Miracle Cure 1923-03-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Proč se nesměješ 1923-02-08 Movie
1922	Director of Photography	Koriatovych 1922-11-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Proudy 1922-10-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Poslední polibek 1922-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Venoušek a Stázička 1922-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mrtví žijí 1922-07-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Manželé paní Mileny 1922-07-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jejich svatební noc 1922-05-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Stíny 1922-03-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nad propastí 1922-03-03 Movie
1921	Director of Photography	The Torn Photograph 1921-12-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Cross at the Stream 1921-12-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Moderní Magdalena 1921-12-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Trny a květy 1921-12-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cesty k výšinám 1921-12-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Poisoned Light 1921-10-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Arrival from the Darkness 1921-10-14 Movie
	Camera Operator	The Flames of Life 1921-07-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Odplata 1921-05-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Setřelé písmo 1921-02-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Zpěv zlata 1921-01-21 Movie
1920	Camera Operator	Za svobodu národa 1920-11-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Komediantka 1920-06-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Krasavice Kaťa 1920-03-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dráteníček 1920-01-01 Movie
1919	Director of Photography	Záhadný případ 1919-11-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Probuzené svědomí 1919-10-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Aloisův los 1919-02-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	O Adrienu 1919-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Utrpením ke slávě 1919-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vzteklý ženich 1919-01-01 Movie
1918	Director of Photography	Československý Ježíšek 1918-12-20 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1960	Cinematography	Sacred Waters 1960-12-23 Movie
	Cinematography	Hello London 1960-11-05 Movie
1958	Cinematography	The Silent Enemy 1958-03-04 Movie
1940	Cinematography	They Met on Skis 1940-12-14 Movie
1935	Cinematography	Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann 1935-03-01 Movie
1933	Cinematography	Die Tochter des Regiments 1933-03-30 Movie
1932	Cinematography	The Cruel Girlfriend 1932-07-12 Movie
1931	Cinematography	The bat 1931-12-25 Movie
1930	Cinematography	Fairground People 1930-08-13 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv