LH

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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

20

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-07-21

Deathday

1988-11-02 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Lukas Heller

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 Dirty Dozen
7.6%

The Dirty Dozen

Jun 15, 1967

Flight of the Phoenix
6.0%

Flight of the Phoenix

Dec 17, 2004

Damnation Alley
5.1%

Damnation Alley

Sep 10, 1977

Too Late the Hero
6.5%

Too Late the Hero

May 20, 1970

Monte Walsh
6.2%

Monte Walsh

Sep 26, 1970

Sapphire
7.0%

Sapphire

Nov 2, 1959

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1959
Sapphire as Additional Dialogue

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2004
Flight of the Phoenix as Scenario Writer
2003
Monte Walsh as Teleplay
1988
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Characters
1986
Blue City as Writer
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil as Writer
1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Characters
1979
Son of Hitler as Writer
1977
Damnation Alley as Screenplay
1973
The Deadly Trackers as Writer
1970
Monte Walsh as Screenplay
1970
Too Late the Hero as Screenplay
1968
The Killing of Sister George as Writer
1967
The Dirty Dozen as Screenplay
1965
The Flight of the Phoenix as Screenplay
1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Screenplay
1964
Hot Enough for June as Screenplay
1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Screenplay
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Writer
1961
Never Back Losers as Screenplay
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