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Otto Heller, B.S.C. (8 March 1896 – 19 February 1970) was a Czech cinematographer long resident in the United Kingdom. He worked on more than 250 films, including Richard III (1955), The Ladykillers (1955) and Peeping Tom (1960).
Otto Heller Death. Otto passed away on February 19, 1970 at the age of 73 in London, United Kingdom.
Otto Heller began his career while serving in the Austrian Army, when in 1916 he shot the funeral of Emperor Franz Josef. He worked professionally in his native Czechoslovakia from 1918 on dozens of films before shuttling between the production centres of Prague, Berlin, Paris and London.
Otto Heller was an ice hockey center who played at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He also competed for Switzerland at the 1935 and 1938 World Championships. In 1935 Heller won a World silver medal and a European gold medal, as the Worlds doubled as the European Championship in that era.
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Career: While still in teens, worked as a cinema usher and projectionist in Prague; 1918—became professional cameraman; 1928–30—cinematographer in Czechoslovakia and Germany; 1930–35—worked in Germany. Award: British Academy Award for The Ipcress File, 1965. Died: In London, 17 February 1970.
From the early 1930's, Heller was increasingly sought-after by German film producers. He settled in the U.K. in 1940 to evade the German annexation of Czechoslovakia and adopted British citizenship five years later.
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Heller was married to Jean S. Blair Heller. He was an active and well respected critic of literature as well as being a writer himself. His publications include “Henrik Ibsen, Play and Problems,” “Studies in Modern Literature,” “Prophets of Dissent,” and many others. Otto Heller died July 29, 1941
