Lukas Heller


Lukas Heller was a German-born screenwriter.

Biography

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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte ; for the later film he won an Edgar Award with Henry Farrell, who wrote the source text for both films.
Heller was married to Caroline who was an English Quaker. They had four children: British writers Bruno and Zoë Heller, Lucy Heller, and Emily Heller. His half-sister was the Swedish journalist Cordelia Edvardson.

Filmography