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Thomas Nigel Kneale (* 18. April 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness; † 29. Oktober 2006 in London) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor und ab 1954 mit Judith Kerr verheiratet. Sein jüngerer Bruder ist der Künstler und Bildhauer Bryan Kneale.
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.
5. Mai 2020 · Writing extensively for both film and TV, Nigel Kneale is one of the most important and radical British screenwriters of the last century. His work has haunted several generations of British viewers.
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.
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Nigel Kneale (1922-2006) was a British writer and actor, best known for creating the Quatermass franchise. He also wrote for TV shows such as Kavanagh QC, Sharpe and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
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- Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, UK
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Nigel Kneale was one of Britain’s most significant screenwriters of the twentieth century. Credited by Mark Gatiss as “the inventor of modern television”, Kneale’s works included the Quatermass serials, The Year of the Olympics, The Stone Tape, Beasts and essential television adaptations of The Woman in Black and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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.
