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Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, most notably on Rome
Rome (TV series)

Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
.

o Heller was born and raised in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 with three siblings, one of which is Zoe Heller
Zoë Heller

Zo? Heller is a United Kingdom journalist and novelist....
. The son of Lukas Heller
Lukas Heller

Lukas Heller was a Germany screenwriter from Kiel. He won an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.He was father to United Kingdom writers Bruno Heller and Zoe Heller....
 and Caroline Carter, Heller credits his father's success with likely keeping him from becoming a writer for many years.

Before venturing into the writing career, Bruno Heller graduated from The University of Sussex
University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a British campus university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, from Brighton. It was the first of the New Universities of Plate glass university....
 in Brighton
Brighton

Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...
, and spent years working various films jobs, eventually becoming a successful boom operator
Boom operator (media)

A boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, sometimes using a "fishpole" with a microphone attached to the end and sometimes, when the situation permits, using a "boom" which is a special piece of equipment that the operator stands on and that all...
.

Heller would make his screenwriting debut on the 1994
1994 in film

The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....
 Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 film PAX, which starred Amanda Plummer
Amanda Plummer

Amanda Michael Plummer is an award-winning United States actress....
.






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Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, most notably on Rome
Rome (TV series)

Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
.

Biography

Bruno Heller was born and raised in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 with three siblings, one of which is Zoe Heller
Zoë Heller

Zo? Heller is a United Kingdom journalist and novelist....
. The son of Lukas Heller
Lukas Heller

Lukas Heller was a Germany screenwriter from Kiel. He won an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte.He was father to United Kingdom writers Bruno Heller and Zoe Heller....
 and Caroline Carter, Heller credits his father's success with likely keeping him from becoming a writer for many years.

Before venturing into the writing career, Bruno Heller graduated from The University of Sussex
University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a British campus university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, from Brighton. It was the first of the New Universities of Plate glass university....
 in Brighton
Brighton

Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...
, and spent years working various films jobs, eventually becoming a successful boom operator
Boom operator (media)

A boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, sometimes using a "fishpole" with a microphone attached to the end and sometimes, when the situation permits, using a "boom" which is a special piece of equipment that the operator stands on and that all...
.

Heller would make his screenwriting debut on the 1994
1994 in film

The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....
 Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 film PAX, which starred Amanda Plummer
Amanda Plummer

Amanda Michael Plummer is an award-winning United States actress....
. Following the European release of PAX, Heller would move to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 in 1997. Bruno then began work on two television projects for the USA Network
USA Network

USA Network is an United States cable television channel launched in 1977. The channel shows a variety of original and second-run programming, from syndicated TV series to edited Film....
: Touching Evil
Touching Evil

Touching Evil is a 1997 United Kingdom television drama Serial , produced by Anglia Television and screened on the ITV network. It consisted of six fifty-minute episodes....
 and The Huntress
The Huntress (TV series)

The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 in film Steve McQueen film, The Hunter ....
, before co-creating the HBO series Rome
Rome (TV series)

Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
. He is now working on the CBS program, The Mentalist
The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police drama television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 on CBS....
, which he created, and is now writing.

Personal life

In 1993, Heller married Miranda Phillips Cowley, a Senior Vice President at HBO. Together they have two sons and currently reside in Los Angeles.

Rome

Heller is probably most associated with the television series Rome
Rome (TV series)

Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
, co-produced by HBO and the BBC, which Heller created along with John Milius
John Milius

John Frederick Milius is an USA screenwriter, Film director, and producer of motion pictures. He helped write Dirty Harry and Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn....
 and William J. MacDonald. In addition to creating the series, Heller is also an executive producer and head writer, penning a total of 11 episodes for the series, including the pilot
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 episode.

Rome episodes

Episodes written by Heller:
Season 1
  • "The Stolen Eagle" (pilot
    Television pilot

    A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
    )
  • "How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic"
  • "An Owl in a Thornbush"
  • "Stealing from Saturn"
  • "The Ram has Touched the Wall"
  • "Egeria" (with John Milius
    John Milius

    John Frederick Milius is an USA screenwriter, Film director, and producer of motion pictures. He helped write Dirty Harry and Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn....
    )
  • "The Spoils
    The Spoils

    The Spoils is a collectible card game produced by Tenacious Games. It launched with a free open beta in August 2006, and officially released for sale in November 2006....
    "
  • "Kalends of February"


Season 2
  • "Passover
    Passover (Rome)

    "Passover " is the first episode of the second season of the television series Rome ....
    "
  • "Son of Hades
    Son of Hades

    "Son of Hades" is the second episode of the second season of the television series Rome ....
    "
  • "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
    De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

    De Patre Vostro is the tenth and final episode of the second season of the television series Rome . It originally aired on March 25, 2007....
    "


The Mentalist

Heller created the television series The Mentalist
The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police drama television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 on CBS....
, which stars Simon Baker
Simon Baker

Simon Baker is an Australian film and television actor. He is currently the star of the CBS television series The Mentalist....
 as the mentalist Patrick Jane. He serves as an executive producer and writer for the show.

External links

  • Bernhard, Lisa. , The New York Times, 28 November 2008