Bruno Heller

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Bruno Heller

Born January 13, 1960 · London, England, UK (age 66)

Bruno Heller (born 1960) is an English screenwriter and creator of the HBO television series Rome and CBS television series The Mentalist. Son of Hollywood screenwriter Lukas Heller, he is brother to columnist and Notes on a Scandal author Zoë Heller. He is currently creating a TV series based on the Batman character James Gordon called Gotham for Fox Broadcasting Company.

Known For

The HuntressThe Huntress · 2000
The Huntress
★ 7.02000
MovieActionCrime
After bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is killed, his widow and daughter find they are in debt and decide to take on his work. Pilot film for the following series.
The ExpendablesThe Expendables · 2000
The Expendables
★ 7.72000
MovieActionTV Movie
A group of female convicts volunteers for a mission to rescue a woman from a Cuban prison.
The AdvocatesThe Advocates · 2013
The Advocates
★ 1.02013
MovieDramaTV Movie
Revolves around a female lawyer and a male ex-con who team as victim advocates and go to the edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog.
The MentalistThe Mentalist · 2008
The Mentalist
★ 8.42008
SeriesCrimeDrama
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
GothamGotham · 2014
Gotham
★ 7.62014
SeriesDramaCrime
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
RomeRome · 2005
Rome
★ 8.22005
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's ButlerPennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler · 2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
★ 7.92019
SeriesDramaCrime
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.
BugsBugs · 1995
Bugs
★ 6.91995
SeriesDramaAction & Adventure
Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films.

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