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Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German-born British screenwriter.
Lukas Heller was born on 21 July 1930 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a writer, known for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), Flight of the Phoenix (2004) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). He died on 2 November 1988 in Camden, London, England, UK.
- Writer
- July 21, 1930
- Lukas Heller
- November 2, 1988
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?
Lukas Heller was born on 21 July 1930 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a writer, known for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Flight of the Phoenix (2004). He died on 2 November 1988 in Camden, London, England, UK.
Aldrich later said he did the original draft then had it rewritten by Lukas Heller, who "made it a much better script". However, the film was not made until after Aldrich had a big success with The Dirty Dozen .
Screenwriter Lukas Heller was behind many memorable scripts during the '60s and 70s including Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1960), Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) and Dirty Dozen (1967). Born in Germany, Heller got his start in England.
Lukas Heller | Faculty of History. DPhil Student. Research Topic. An Intellectual History of Nihilism and Epistemological Critique in 20th Century Japan. Supervisor: Professor Sho Konishi. Specialism: Global & Imperial History.
