Steven Knight

Steven Knight

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Born
August 5, 1959
Awards
13 wins, 50 nominations

Steven Knight is a British screenwriter and film director. He is best known for screenplays he wrote for the films Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and Eastern Promises (2007), and also directed as well as written the film Locke (2013). Knight is also one of three creators of Who Wants to Be aโ€ฆ

Biography

Steven Knight is a British screenwriter and film director. He is best known for screenplays he wrote for the films Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and Eastern Promises (2007), and also directed as well as written the film Locke (2013).

Knight is also 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, and has written for BBC's Commercial Breakdown, The Detectives , Peaky Blinders and Taboo.

Others films based on screenplays that Knight has written include The Hundred-Foot Journey and Pawn Sacrifice both in 2014.

Director

SerenitySerenity(2019)
LockeLocke(2013)
RedemptionRedemption(2013)
The DetectivesThe Detectives(1993)

Self

ABC News BreakfastABC News Breakfast(2008)as Self - Writer
Made in HollywoodMade in Hollywood(2005)as Self
Life in FilmLife in Film(2021)
IMDb on the Scene - InterviewsIMDb on the Scene - Interviews(2017)as Self - Interviewee
Peaky Blinders: The Real StoryPeaky Blinders: The Real Story(2026)

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Steven Knight in Locke (2013)Cillian Murphy and Steven Knight in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)Matthew McConaughey and Steven Knight in Serenity (2019)Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Steven Knight in Peaky Blinders (2013)Steven KnightMichael Greyeyes, Steven Knight, Susanna White, and Jessica Chastain at an event for Woman Walks Ahead (2017)