Nigel Kneale
Born: 1922-04-18 in Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 2006-10-29
Known For: Writing
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
Filmography
2005
- The Quatermass Experiment ... (Creator)
- Cartier and Kneale in Conversation as Self (archive footage)
2003
- The Kneale Tapes as Self
1995
- Sharpe's Gold ... (Writer)
1993
- Sharpe ... (Writer)
1991
- Stanley and the Women ... (Writer)
1989
- The Woman in Black ... (Screenplay)
1987
- Gentry ... (Writer)
1986
- Ladies' Night ... (Writer)
- Unnatural Causes ... (Writer)
1982
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch ... (Screenplay)
1981
- Kinvig (TV pilot) ... (Writer)
- Kinvig ... (Writer)
1979
- The Quatermass Conclusion ... (Writer)
- Quatermass ... (Writer)
1978
- Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl ... (Writer)
- Late Night Story ... (Writer)
1976
- Beasts: Buddyboy ... (Writer)
- Beasts: Baby ... (Writer)
- Beasts: The Dummy ... (Writer)
- Beasts: During Barty's Party ... (Writer)
- Beasts: What Big Eyes ... (Writer)
- Beasts: Special Offer ... (Writer)
- Beasts ... (Writer)
1975
- Murrain ... (Writer)
1974
- Bedtime Stories ... (Writer)
1972
- The Stone Tape ... (Writer)
1970
- Wine of India ... (Writer)
1969
- Bam! Pow! Zap! ... (Writer)
1968
- The Year of the Sex Olympics ... (Writer)
1967
- Quatermass and the Pit ... (Screenplay)
- The Quatermass Experiment ... (Novel)
1966
- The Witches ... (Writer)
1965
- Out of the Unknown ... (Writer)
- The World of George Orwell: 1984 ... (Writer)
1964
- Theatre 625 ... (Writer)
- The Crunch ... (Writer)
- First Men in the Moon ... (Screenplay)
- The Road ... (Writer)
1963
- The Road ... (Writer)
1962
- Wuthering Heights ... (Writer)
- H.M.S. Defiant ... (Screenplay)
1960
- The Entertainer ... (Screenplay)
1959
- Look Back in Anger ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Quatermass and the Pit ... (Writer)
1957
- The Abominable Snowman ... (Story)
- Quatermass 2 ... (Screenplay)
1955
- The Quatermass Xperiment ... (Teleplay)
- Quatermass II ... (Writer)
1954
- Nineteen Eighty-Four as Telescreen Announcer (voice)
1953
- Wuthering Heights ... (Adaptation)
- The Quatermass Experiment ... (Writer)