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Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006 [1]) was a Manx [2] [3] 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.
With the centenary of his birth, screenwriter Nigel Kneale is being celebrated for his varied work – including his landmark 1950s dramas about an alien-infested UK, writes Adam Scovell.
Nov 1, 2006 · Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films that began in the 1950s, has died at the age of 84. He died in a London hospital after a period of ill...
Oct 2, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Nigel Kneale, the creator of Professor Quatermass and a pioneer of British science fiction. Explore his influences, achievements, and challenges in this comprehensive and engaging biography by Andy Murray.
Learn about the life and work of Nigel Kneale, a pioneer of British science fiction and horror television. Explore his influential serials such as Quatermass, Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Stone Tape, as well as his adaptations of Orwell and Wells.
The serial was written by BBC television drama writer Nigel Kneale, who had been an actor and an award-winning fiction writer before joining the BBC. [1] The BBC's Head of Television Drama, Michael Barry , had committed most of his original script budget for the year to employing Kneale. [ 13 ]
Nigel Kneale was a writer of influential sci-fi series such as The Quatermass Experiment (1953) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He also adapted Look Back In Anger (1958) and other works.
