Nigel Kneale
Sceneggiatore, Attore
18 aprile 1922 — 29 ottobre 2006 (84 anni)
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".
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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".
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Filmografia
| 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C.Su Plex |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Gold · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | SharpeSu Plex |
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| 1989 | The Woman in Black · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch · as Screenplay |
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| 1976 | Beasts · as Screenplay |
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| 1964 | First Men in the Moon · as Screenplay |
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| 1962 | Damn the Defiant! · as Screenplay |
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| 1960 | The Entertainer · as ScreenplaySu Plex |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger · as Screenplay |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | The Abominable Snowman · as Screenplay |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 · as ScreenplaySu Plex |
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| 1953 |
| 1958 | Quatermass and the Pit · as Narrator |
| 1955 | Quatermass II · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four · as Telescreen Announcer (voice) |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Telescreen Announcer |
| 2006 | The Martians and Us · as Self |
| 2005 | Cartier and Kneale in Conversation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Scary Moments · as Self |
| 2002 | Timeshift · as Self |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-Up · as Self |
| 1953 | Panorama · as Self |
| 1967 | Five Million Years to Earth · as Original Story |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse · as Adaptation |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment · as Teleplay |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour · as Story |
| 1953 | Golden Rain · as Adaptation |
| 1953 | The Affair at Assino · as Adaptation |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) · as Story |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Adaptation |