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Steven Knight
Writing · Born 1959-08-05 · Marlborough, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Writer
See
Executive Producer
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Producer
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Creator
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Creator
Taboo
Writer
SAS Rogue Heroes
Executive Producer
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
A Thousand Blows
Executive Producer
House of Guinness
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026Don't Look Back In AngerProducer
- 2026Peaky Blinders: The Immortal ManProducer
- 2026Peaky Blinders: The Real StorySelf
- 2025House of GuinnessExecutive Producer
- 2025Built in Birmingham: Brady & the BluesExecutive Producer
- 2025A Thousand BlowsExecutive Producer
- 2024MariaWriter
- 2024Cross AwayOriginal Film Writer
- 2024The VeilWriter
- 2024This TownWriter
- 2024Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas ShelbyWriter
- 2023All the Light We Cannot SeeExecutive Producer
- 2023Great ExpectationsExecutive Producer
- 2022SAS Rogue HeroesExecutive Producer
- 2022Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening CeremonyExecutive Producer
- 2022The Real Peaky BlindersSelf
- 2021SpencerWriter
- 2021Locked DownWriter
- 2019FX's A Christmas CarolWriter
- 2019SeeExecutive Producer
- 2019Hvem vil være millionær?Creator
- 2019SerenityDirector
- 2018The Girl in the Spider's WebScreenplay
- 2018Woman Walks AheadScreenplay
- 2017November CriminalsScreenplay
- 2017TabooWriter
- 2016AlliedWriter
- 2015BurntScreenplay
- 2015Pawn SacrificeScreenplay
- 2014Seventh SonScreenplay
- 2014The Hundred-Foot JourneyScreenplay
- 2014LockeDirector
- 2013Peaky BlindersWriter
- 2013Closed CircuitScreenplay
- 2013HummingbirdDirector
- 2013RedemptionProducer
- 2012Kannadada KotyadhipatiCreator
- 2007Eastern PromisesScreenplay
- 2006Amazing GraceWriter
- 2002Gypsy WomanWriter
- 2002Dirty Pretty ThingsWriter
- 2000Who Wants to Win Millions?Creator
- 1999Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Creator
- 1998Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Creator
- 1994Talking Telephone NumbersCreator
- —Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the CurtainHimself
- —VertigoWriter
- —Small Dark LookScreenplay
- —Bond 26Writer
- —Untitled Peaky Blinders SequelWriter
- —Winning LinesCreator
- —The People VersusCreator
- —Ningalkkum Aakaam KodeeshwaranCreator
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