Nigel Kneale
Age: N/A | From: Lancashire, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: Thomas Nigel Kneale
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lancashire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Sharpe
(1993) Writer
Out of the Unknown
(1965) Writer
First Men in the Moon
(1964) Screenplay
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982) Screenplay
Look Back in Anger
(1959) Screenplay
Quatermass
(1979) Creator
The Quatermass Experiment
(1953) Creator
Quatermass and the Pit
(1967) Original StoryActing
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| 1954 | Telescreen Announcer (voice) | |
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Writing
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