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Steven Knight
Marlborough, England, UK
Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is a British screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty T…
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Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is a British screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things, and Eastern Promises. Also, he wrote and directed the films Locke and Hummingbird (a.k.a. Redemption). In July 2025, it was announced that he would write the 26th official James Bond film, to be directed by Denis Villeneuve. Knight is one of three creators of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a game show that has been remade and aired in around 160 countries worldwide. He is also the creator of the BBC's Peaky Blinders and SAS: Rogue Heroes, and has written for Commercial Breakdown, The Detectives, See, and Taboo. He has built a large film and television studio complex in inner-city Birmingham called Digbeth Loc., opened in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
Movie Writer
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2026
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Movie Producer
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2026
Peaky Blinders: The Real Story
Movie Self
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2025
House of Guinness
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
A Thousand Blows
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Maria
Movie Writer
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2024
Cross Away
Movie Original Film Writer
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2024
The Veil
TV show Writer
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2024
This Town
TV show Writer
- 2024
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2023
All the Light We Cannot See
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Great Expectations
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
SAS Rogue Heroes
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
The Real Peaky Blinders
TV show Self
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2021
Spencer
Movie Writer
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2021
Locked Down
Movie Writer
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2019
FX's A Christmas Carol
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
See
TV show Executive Producer
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2019
Hvem vil være millionær?
TV show Creator
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2019
Serenity
Movie Screenplay
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2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Movie Screenplay
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2018
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie Screenplay
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2017
November Criminals
Movie Screenplay
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2017
Taboo
TV show Writer
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2016
Allied
Movie Writer
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2015
Burnt
Movie Screenplay
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2015
Pawn Sacrifice
Movie Screenplay
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2014
Seventh Son
Movie Screenplay
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2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Movie Screenplay
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2014
Locke
Movie Director
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2013
Peaky Blinders
TV show Writer
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2013
Closed Circuit
Movie Screenplay
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2013
Hummingbird
Movie Screenplay
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2013
Redemption
Movie Producer
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2012
Kannadada Kotyadhipati
TV show Creator
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2007
Eastern Promises
Movie Screenplay
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2006
Amazing Grace
Movie Writer
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2002
Gypsy Woman
Movie Writer
