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Steven Knight

Writer, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn August 5, 1959 (66 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Locke
  • Taboo (2017)
  • Pawn Sacrifice
  • Serenity
  • Woman Walks Ahead

Known For

  • Peaky Blinders
  • Eastern Promises
  • Allied
  • Locke
  • Taboo (2017)
  • See
  • Redemption
  • Spencer
  • Burnt
  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • All the Light We Cannot See
  • Serenity
  • The Hundred-Foot Journey
  • SAS Rogue Heroes
  • Amazing Grace
  • Closed Circuit
  • Maria
  • House of Guinness
  • Seventh Son
  • Pawn Sacrifice
  • Locked Down

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Steven Knight Filmography

2024
2024
Le choix · as Original Film Writer
2024
A Thousand Blows (TV Series)
2024
The Veil (TV Series)
2024
This Town (2024) (TV Series)
2024
2023
2022
SAS Rogue Heroes (TV Series)
2021
2021
2019
2019
A Christmas Carol (TV Series)
2019
Serenity · as Screenplay
2018
2017
November Criminals · as Screenplay
2017
2017
2016
2015
Burnt · as Screenplay
2014
Pawn Sacrifice · as Screenplay
2014
Seventh Son · as Screenplay
2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey · as Screenplay
2013
2013
Peaky Blinders (TV Series)
2013
Closed Circuit · as Screenplay
2013
Redemption · as Screenplay
2007
Eastern Promises · as Screenplay
2006
2002
Dirty Pretty Things · as Screenplay
2001
1990

2026
2025
House of Guinness (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2025
Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
Maria · as Executive Producer
2024
Le choix · as Associate Producer
2024
A Thousand Blows (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
The Veil (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
This Town (2024) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
2023
All the Light We Cannot See (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2023
Great Expectations (2023) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
SAS Rogue Heroes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2021
Spencer · as Executive Producer
2021
Locked Down · as Executive Producer
2019
FX's A Christmas Carol · as Executive Producer
2019
A Christmas Carol (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2019
See (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2019
2017
November Criminals · as Executive Producer
2017
Taboo (2017) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2016
Allied · as Executive Producer
2013
Peaky Blinders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2013

2022
2012
CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1964
Midlands Today (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director

2026
2025
House of Guinness (TV Series) · as Created By
2023
All the Light We Cannot See (TV Series) · as Teleplay
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020) (TV Series) · as Creator
2019
See (TV Series) · as Story
2002
All About Me (TV Series) · as Creator
1999
Show do Milhão (TV Series) · as Creator
1999
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (TV Series) · as Creator
1998
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (TV Series) · as Creator
1993
The Detectives (TV Series) · as Written By
1989
Commercial Breakdown (TV Series) · as Written By

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