Nigel Kneale
Writing
- Born:
- 1922-04-18
- Died:
- 2006-10-29
- Place of birth:
- Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. Predominantly a writer of thrillers that used science-fiction and horror elements, he was best known for the creation of the character Professor Bernard Quatermass. Kneale wrote original scripts and successfully adapted works by writers such as George Orwell, John Osborne, H. G. Wells and Susan Hill. Kneale was most active in television, joining BBC Television in 1951; his final script was transmitted on ITV in 1997. He wrote well-received television dramas such as The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968), The Stone Tape (1972) and Beasts (1976) in addition to the Quatermass serials. He has been described as "one of the most influential writers of the 20th century", and as "having invented popular TV". From Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Cartier and Kneale in Conversation
The Quatermass Experiment
The Kneale Tapes
Sharpe's Gold
Sharpe
Stanley and the Women
The Woman in Black
Gentry
Ladies' Night
Unnatural Causes
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Kinvig (TV pilot)
Kinvig
The Quatermass Conclusion
Quatermass
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl
Late Night Story
Beasts: The Dummy
Beasts: What Big Eyes
Beasts: Baby
Beasts: Buddyboy
Beasts: During Barty's Party
Beasts: Special Offer
Beasts
Murrain
Against the Crowd
Bedtime Stories
The Stone Tape
The Chopper
Wine of India
Bam! Pow! Zap!
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Quatermass and the Pit
The Quatermass Experiment
The Witches
NET Playhouse
The World of George Orwell: 1984
Out of the Unknown
The Wednesday Play
First Men in the Moon
The Road
Theatre 625
The Crunch
The Road
First Night
Wuthering Heights
H.M.S. Defiant
Drama 61-67
The Entertainer
Look Back in Anger
Quatermass and the Pit
The Littlest Enemy
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
The Abominable Snowman
Quatermass 2
Quatermass II
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Moment of Truth
The Creature
Nineteen Eighty-Four