Bruno Heller
| Carl Bruno Heller | |
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Bruno Heller (2013)
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Carl Bruno Heller 1960 (age 56–57) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, producer, director |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Notable work | |
| Style | Urban drama Crime drama |
| Spouse(s) | Miranda Phillips Cowley (m. 1993) |
| Children | 2 sons |
Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for creating the HBO television series Rome and CBS television series The Mentalist. He has recently produced the TV series Gotham based on the Batman franchise for FOX.
Heller's father, Lukas, was a German Jewish emigre and screenwriter (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?). His mother, Caroline (née Carter), was an English Quaker and instrumental in keeping up the Labour Party's "Save London Transport Campaign". He has three siblings, including Zoë, a columnist and writer who has published three novels, including Notes on a Scandal.
Heller graduated from the University of Sussex near Brighton.
Heller was a union soundman working in England in the 1980s when film sets were staunchly hierarchical. While working as a soundman on a series of films about England's infamous Miners' Strike, Heller met well-regarded Portuguese director Eduardo Guedes. The two collaborated on what would become Heller's first writing credit, the 1994 film Pax starring Amanda Plummer. ("Pax" is the acronym for the Portuguese epitaph on gravestones.)
He left England for New York, where he would meet his wife, Miranda, at a disco. After five years in the city, Heller moved to Los Angeles, where he got work on various television dramas including two projects for the USA Network: Touching Evil and The Huntress. But his breakthrough came with Rome, which he co-created. After the cancellation of that series for its high costs, Heller created The Mentalist. In September 2012, it was reported that Heller sold a legal drama named The Advocates to CBS, which was written and executive produced by him, but the project finally got a pass in May 2013. He is currently creating and writing on a TV series based on the Batman character James Gordon called Gotham for Fox Broadcasting Company.
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