Biography
Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 β 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. Quatermass was an heroic scientist who appeared in various television, film and radio productions written by Kneale for the BBC, Hammer Film Productions and Thames Television between 1953 and 1996. Kneale wrote original scripts and successfully adapted works by writers such as George Orwell, John Osborne, H. G. Wells and Susan Hill.
He was most active in television, joining BBC Television in 1951; his final script was transmitted on ITV in 1997. Kneale wrote well-received television dramas such as The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968) and The Stone Tape (1972) 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".
Filmography
all 49
Writer 46
Movies 36
TV Shows 13
self 3
The Martians and Us (2006)
The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
Cartier and Kneale in Conversation (2005)
The Kneale Tapes (2003)
Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Sharpe (1993)
Stanley and the Women (1991)
The Woman in Black (1989)
Gentry (1987)
Ladies' Night (1986)
Unnatural Causes (1986)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Kinvig (1981)
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)
Quatermass (1979)
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl (1978)
Late Night Story (1978)
Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
Beasts: What Big Eyes (1976)
Beasts: Baby (1976)
Beasts: Buddyboy (1976)
Beasts: During Barty's Party (1976)
Beasts: Special Offer (1976)
Beasts (1976)
Murrain (1975)
Bedtime Stories (1974)
The Stone Tape (1972)
Wine of India (1970)
Bam! Pow! Zap! (1969)
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Witches (1966)
The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965)
Out of the Unknown (1965)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Road (1964)
The Crunch (1964)
Wuthering Heights (1962)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
The Entertainer (1960)
Look Back in Anger (1959)
Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Quatermass II (1957)
Quatermass II (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
Wuthering Heights (1953)
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1922-04-18
Deathday2006-10-29 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBarrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
SpouseJudith Kerr
ChildrenTacy Kneale, Matthew Kneale
SiblingsBryan Kneale
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsThomas Nigel Kneale
AwardsSomerset Maugham Award
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