About
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...
Known for
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
Theatre 625Series • 1964
NET PlayhouseSeries • 1966
SharpeSeries • 1993
The United States Steel HourSeries • 1953
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
Halloween III: Season of the WitchMovie • 1982
Quatermass and the PitSeries • 1958
Quatermass and the PitMovie • 1967
Quatermass 2Movie • 1957
H.M.S. DefiantMovie • 1962
The Abominable SnowmanMovie • 1957
The Quatermass XperimentMovie • 1955
The Woman in BlackMovie • 1989
Look Back in AngerMovie • 1959
First Men in the MoonMovie • 1964
The WitchesMovie • 1966
The EntertainerMovie • 1960
Nineteen Eighty-FourMovie • 1954
Sharpe's GoldMovie • 1995
The Stone TapeMovie • 1972