Steven Knight
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.
Eastern Promises
(Screenplay)
Dirty Pretty Things
(Screenplay)
Amazing Grace
(Writer)
Closed Circuit
(Screenplay)
Hummingbird
(Director)
Hummingbird
(Screenplay)
Gypsy Woman
(Writer)
Spencer
(Writer)
Locke
(Director)
Pawn Sacrifice
(Screenplay)
Redemption
(Producer)
Spencer
(Executive Producer)
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
(Executive Producer)
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
(Director)
The Hundred-Foot Journey
(Screenplay)
November Criminals
(Screenplay)
Burnt
(Screenplay)
Locke
(Writer)
Maria
(Writer)
Allied
(Writer)
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
(Writer)
Allied
(Executive Producer)
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
(Executive Producer)
The Girl in the Spider's Web
(Screenplay)
Serenity
(Director)
Serenity
(Screenplay)
Vertigo
(Writer)
November Criminals
(Executive Producer)
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(Characters)
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(Screenplay)
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(Producer)
Seventh Son
(Screenplay)
Small Dark Look
(Screenplay)
Woman Walks Ahead
(Screenplay)
Serenity
(Producer)
FX's A Christmas Carol
(Writer)
FX's A Christmas Carol
(Executive Producer)
Locked Down
(Writer)
Locked Down
(Executive Producer)
Cross Away
(Original Film Writer)
Maria
(Executive Producer)
Oasis Live ’25
(Producer)
Untitled James Bond Film
(Writer)
Peaky Blinders
(Writer)
Taboo
(Writer)
See
(Executive Producer)
See
(Writer)
Peaky Blinders
(Executive Producer)
See
(Story)
See
(Teleplay)
Taboo
(Executive Producer)
All the Light We Cannot See
(Executive Producer)
The Veil
(Writer)
The Veil
(Executive Producer)
Great Expectations
(Executive Producer)
Great Expectations
(Writer)
A Thousand Blows
(Executive Producer)
SAS Rogue Heroes
(Executive Producer)
SAS Rogue Heroes
(Writer)
This Town
(Writer)
This Town
(Executive Producer)
All the Light We Cannot See
(Teleplay)
Ferrari
(Producer)
A Thousand Blows
(Writer)
Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues
(Executive Producer)
House of Guinness
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel
(Writer)
The People Versus
(Creator)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(Creator)
Winning Lines
(Creator)
Talking Telephone Numbers
(Creator)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(Creator)
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
(Creator)
Peaky Blinders
(Creator)
Taboo
(Creator)
See
(Creator)
Kannadada Kotyadhipati
(Creator)
SAS Rogue Heroes
(Creator)
Hvem vil være millionær?
(Creator)
Great Expectations
(Creator)
A Thousand Blows
(Creator)
This Town
(Creator)
All the Light We Cannot See
(Creator)
The Veil
(Creator)
Who Wants to Win Millions?
(Creator)
Ferrari
(Creator)
House of Guinness
(Creator)
Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel
(Creator)