# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-kneale
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:18:54.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-kneale"
name: "Nigel Kneale"
slug: "nigel-kneale"
description: "Thomas Nigel Kneale was a Manx screenwriter and author whose career spanned between 1946 and 1997. Predominantly a writer of thrillers that used science fiction and horror elements, he was best known for creating the fictional scientist Professor Bernard Quatermass. He has been described as \"one of the most influential writers of the 20th century\", and as \"having invented popular TV\"."
tagline: "British screenwriter (1922–2006)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lLu5idbKKbGksxeXI1mfR98jIwL.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-04-18"
deathDate: "2006-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.505516
  currentAttention:     18.4331797235023
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460600/"
    handle:    "nm0460600"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Найджъл Нийл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nigel Kneale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale"
    title: "Nigel Kneale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nigel Kneale"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nigel Kneale"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale"
    title: "Nigel Kneale"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Nigel Kneale"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump