who is nigel kneale?
He was a Manx screenwriter.
Nigel 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. In 2000, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association.
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Nigel Kneale [SEP] Introduction
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".