Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English screenwriter. His most notable works are the television series Rome (HBO) and The Mentalist (CBS).
Growing up in London, England, he internalized both the fascination and dread of the craft. His father, the German Jewish inmigrant Lukas Heller, was a screenwriter responsible for a couple of Hollywood's films like Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. His mother was Caroline (née Ca...
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Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English screenwriter. His most notable works are the television series Rome (HBO) and The Mentalist (CBS).
Growing up in London, England, he internalized both the fascination and dread of the craft. His father, the German Jewish inmigrant Lukas Heller, was a screenwriter responsible for a couple of Hollywood's films like Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. His mother was Caroline (née Carter). She was English and a Quaker and was instrumental in keeping up the Labour Party's "Save London Transport Campaign". Heller credits his father's success with likely keeping him from becoming a writer for many years. Bruno has three siblings. His sister Zoë Heller, columnist and writer, has published three novels, including Notes on a Scandal. Nevertheless, for Bruno writing was something of a last resort.
Before venturing into his writing career, Bruno Heller graduated from The University of Sussex in Brighton. Bruno's early film career...
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