Nigel Kneale
Writing
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
Writing63
movieThe Quatermass Experiment
2005
Screenplay
movieSharpe's Gold
1995
Screenplay
tvSharpe
1993
Writer
movieThe Woman in Black
1989
Screenplay
movieGentry
1987
Writer
movieLadies' Night
1986
Writer
tvUnnatural Causes
1986
Writer
tvKinvig
1981
Writer
tvQuatermass
1979
Writer
movieBeasts: Baby
1976
Writer
tvBeasts
1976
Writer
movieMurrain
1975
Writer
tvBedtime Stories
1974
Writer
movieThe Stone Tape
1972
Writer
movieThe Chopper
1971
Writer
movieQuatermass and the Pit
1967
Original Story, Screenplay
movieThe Witches
1966
Writer
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Writer
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Writer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Writer
movieFirst Men in the Moon
1964
Screenplay
movieThe Road
1964
Writer
tvTheatre 625
1964
Writer
movieThe Crunch
1964
Writer
movieH.M.S. Defiant
1962
Screenplay
movieThe Entertainer
1960
Screenplay
movieLook Back in Anger
1959
Screenplay
movieThe Abominable Snowman
1957
Screenplay, Story
movieQuatermass 2
1957
Screenplay, Teleplay
tvQuatermass II
1955
Writer
movieThe Creature
1955
Writer
Golden Rain
1953
Adaptation
movieNumber Three
1953
Writer
Creator6
tvStanley and the Women
1991
Creator
tvQuatermass
1979
Creator
tvBeasts
1976
Creator
tvQuatermass and the Pit
1958
Creator
tvQuatermass II
1955
Creator
Acting4
Cartier and Kneale in Conversation
2005
Self (archive footage)
tvQuatermass II
1955
Narrator (voice) / Plant Spokesman (voice)
movieNineteen Eighty-Four
1954
Telescreen Announcer (voice)