Lukas Heller

Lukas Heller

  • Birthday: 1930-07-21
  • Deathday: 1988-11-02
  • Place of birth: 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.

Production

The Dirty Dozen

1967

As Screenplay

Hot Enough for June

1964

As Screenplay

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

As Screenplay

Too Late the Hero

1970

As Screenplay

Damnation Alley

1977

As Screenplay

Monte Walsh

2003

As Teleplay

The Deadly Trackers

1973

As Writer

Monte Walsh

1970

As Screenplay

Blue City

1986

As Writer

Never Back Losers

1961

As Screenplay

Sapphire

1959

As Additional Dialogue

Flight of the Phoenix

2004

As Scenario Writer

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