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Portrait of Joseph Heller

Writing

Joseph Heller

Career

Active from 1964 to 2019, with a break from 1974 to 2018, busiest in 1970 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Catch-22
Catch-22
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joseph Heller Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Mystery
    2.4, average 4.0
  • Wonder
    1.9, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Dark Humor 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Absurdist War Satire 2
  • Black Comedy 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Existential Dread 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

5
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

4 titles · average score 62
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Catch-22
Catch-22 (1973)

Novel

Catch-22
Catch-22 (1970)
GoodWatch score 73

Novel

Dirty Dingus Magee
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

1960s

1 title · average score 56
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer