Bruno Heller

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birth_date = 1960
birth_place = London, England
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occupation = Screenwriter
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spouse = Miranda Phillips Cowley
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Bruno Heller is an English screenwriter, most notably on "Rome".

Biography

Bruno Heller was born and raised in London, England with three siblings, one of which is Zoe Heller. The son of Lukas Heller and Caroline Carter, Heller credits his father's success with likely keeping him from becoming a writer for many years [ [http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2293 Article "Rome's Architect" on WGA.org] Accessed February 9th, 2007] . Before venturing into the writing career, Bruno Heller graduated from The University of Sussex in Brighton, and spent years working various films jobs, eventually becoming a successful boom operator [ [http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2293 Article "Rome's Architect" on WGA.org] Accessed February 9th, 2007] . Heller would make his screenwriting debut on the 1994 Portuguese film "PAX", which starred Amanda Plummer. Following the European release of "PAX", Heller would move to Los Angeles in 1997. Bruno then began work on two television projects for the USA Network: "Touching Evil" and "The Huntress", before co-creating the HBO series "Rome". He is now working on the CBS program, The Mentalist, which he created, and is now writing.

Personal life

In 1993, at the age of 33, Heller married Miranda Phillips Cowley [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DB113DF933A15755C0A965958260 New York Times article on Heller-Cowley wedding] Accessed February 9th, 2007] , who is 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", co-produced by HBO and the BBC, which Heller created along with John Milius and William J. MacDonald. In addition to creating the series, Heller is also Executive Producer and head writer penning a total of 11 episodes for the series, including the pilot episode.

"Rome" episodes

"Episodes written by Heller:"

Season 1

*The Stolen Eagle (Pilot)
*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)
*The Spoils
*Kalends of February

Season 2

*Passover
*Son of Hades
*De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

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