Nigel Kneale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nigel Kneale

British screenwriter

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Oct-2006

Profession: screenwriter, writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Nigel Kneale

  • Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a British screenwriter.
  • He 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.
  • In 2000, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. 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 a 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".

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