Lukas Heller

Lukas Heller (21 July 1930 – 2 November 1988) was a German-born British screenwriter. He was known for writing the screen adaptions for several Robert Aldrich films such as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen. He won an Edgar Award for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.

Biography Heller was born to a Jewish family in Kiel, West Germany. His first screen credit was for writing additional dialogue for the 1959 British film Sapphire, directed by Basil Dearden and produced by Michael Relph. They had four children: British writers Bruno and Zoë Heller, Lucy Heller, and Emily Heller.

Filmography Sapphire (1959) (additional dialogue) Victim (1961) (uncredited) Never Back Losers (1961) Candidate for Murder (1962) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Hot Enough for June (1964) Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) (with Henry Farrell) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) The Dirty Dozen (1967) (with Nunnally Johnson) The Killing of Sister George (1968) (with Frank Marcus) Too Late the Hero (1970) (with Robert Aldrich and Robert Sherman) Monte Walsh (1970) (with David Zelag Goodman) The Deadly Trackers (1973) (with Samuel Fuller) Damnation Alley (1977) (with Alan Sharp) Force 10 from Navarone (1978) (uncredited) Son of Hitler (1979) (with Burkhard Driest) Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (TV) Blue City (1986) Extreme Prejudice (1987) (uncredited)