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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.
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.
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
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's films include What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Flight of the Phoenix
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.
The film projects were Cross of Iron by Lukas Heller, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Tsar's Bride by Robert Sherman, Brouhaha by George Tabori, The Legend of Lylah Clare, Paper Eagle, There Really Was a Gold Mine (a sequel to Vera Cruz) and Genghis Khan's Bicycle, with the TV series being The Man by Heller.
