Nigel Kneale
Known for: Writing
Born: April 18, 1922
Died: October 29, 2006
Place of birth: Lancashire, England, UK
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
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Filmography
47 movies · 20 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Cartier and Kneale in Conversation
2005
5.6
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
NR
The Kneale Tapes
2003
6.5
Sharpe's Gold
1995
8.0
Sharpe
1993
6.5
Stanley and the Women
1991
6.9
The Woman in Black
1989
7.0
Gentry
1987
NR
Ladies' Night
1986
6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
5.2
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
NR
Kinvig (TV pilot)
1981
6.8
Kinvig
1981
4.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
6.8
Quatermass
1979NR
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl
1978NR
Late Night Story
1978
4.3
Beasts: The Dummy
1976
7.5
Beasts: What Big Eyes
1976
10.0
Beasts: Baby
1976
3.0
Beasts: Buddyboy
1976
9.0
Beasts: During Barty's Party
1976
8.0
Beasts: Special Offer
1976
6.4
Beasts
1976
7.5
Murrain
1975NR
Against the Crowd
1975
NR
Bedtime Stories
1974
6.1
The Stone Tape
1972
NR
The Chopper
197110.0
Wine of India
197010.0
Bam! Pow! Zap!
1969
5.2
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
6.7
Quatermass and the Pit
1967
NR
The Quatermass Experiment
1967
6.0
The Witches
1966
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
7.0
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.3
First Men in the Moon
1964
NR
The Road
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
NR
The Crunch
19647.0
The Road
1963NR
First Night
1963
9.5
Wuthering Heights
1962
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
1962NR
Drama 61-67
1961
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
6.7
Look Back in Anger
1959
7.1
Quatermass and the Pit
1958NR
The Littlest Enemy
1958
8.0
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
1957
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
1957
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
6.3
Quatermass II
1955
6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
19557.0
The Moment of Truth
195510.0
The Creature
1955
7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
19548.0
Wuthering Heights
1953
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953NR
Golden Rain
1953
6.7
The Quatermass Experiment
19539.0
Number Three
1953NR
The Affair at Assino
19537.0
The Web
1950