Known for Writing
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". From Wikipedia
Born
April 18, 1922
Died
October 29, 2006 (age 84)
Birthplace
Lancashire, England, UK
Filmography
52 films, 27 shows


The Quatermass Experiment
2005 · 1h 37m · UK
Bernard Quatermass heads the futuristic Experimental Rocket Group whose greatest voyage is coming to an end, but after a dramatic crash landing Victor Carroon begins to metamorphose into a strange, deadly alien, setting off a race against time to save humanity.


Sharpe's Gold
1995 · 1h 42m · UK
Spain, 1813. The dashing and heroic Major Richard Sharpe pits his wits against El Casco, a terrifying partisan leader who has a chilling way of dealing with his enemies. Sharpe's mission, to trade guns for deserters, is imperilled by the beautiful and desirable Ellie, who follows him into the hills where there is rumoured to be hidden Aztec gold.


The Woman in Black
1989 · 1h 40m · UK
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.


Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982 · 1h 38m · US
After a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital clutching the year's most popular Halloween mask, Dr. Daniel Challis sets out to investigate the strange events and finds himself thrust into a nightmarish conspiracy.


Quatermass and the Pit
1967 · 1h 37m · UK
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.


First Men in the Moon
1964 · 1h 43m · UK
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew comprised of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria, proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.


H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · 1h 41m · UK
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.


The Entertainer
1960 · 1h 44m · UK
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.


Look Back in Anger
1959 · 1h 38m · UK
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.


The Abominable Snowman
1957 · 1h 25m · UK
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.


Quatermass 2
1957 · 1h 25m · UK
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.