Steven Knight
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- August 5, 1959, Marlborough, England, UK
- Movies
- 27
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.
Upcoming Steven Knight Movies
Untitled James Bond Film
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Peaky Blinders: The Real Story | Self |
| 2014 | Ordinary Unraveling: Making Locke | Self - Director/Writer |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger | Writer |
| 2026 | Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man | Producer, Writer |
| 2024 | Maria | Writer |
| 2024 | Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | Writer |
| 2022 | Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony | Director |
| 2021 | Spencer | Writer |
| 2021 | Locked Down | Writer |
| 2019 | FX's A Christmas Carol | Writer |
| 2019 | Serenity | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider's Web | Screenplay |
| 2018 | Woman Walks Ahead | Screenplay |
| 2017 | November Criminals | Screenplay |
| 2016 | Allied | Writer |
| 2015 | Burnt | Screenplay |
| 2015 | Pawn Sacrifice | Screenplay |
| 2014 | Seventh Son | Screenplay |
| 2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Screenplay |
| 2014 | Locke | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Screenplay |
| 2013 | Hummingbird | Screenplay, Director |
| 2013 | Redemption | Producer |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Screenplay |
| 2007 | Amazing Grace | Writer |
| 2002 | Gypsy Woman | Writer |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Writer |
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