About 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.
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Movie Credits
Steven Knight has appeared in 1 movie.
These include
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain.
Production Credits
Writing
Credited for Screenplay in 15 shows -
Untitled Gore Verbinski Project,
Small Dark Look,
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film,
Dirty Pretty Things,
Eastern Promises,
Hummingbird,
Closed Circuit,
The Hundred-Foot Journey,
Seventh Son,
Pawn Sacrifice,
Burnt,
November Criminals,
Woman Walks Ahead,
The Girl in the Spider's Web and
Serenity.
Credited for Writer in 23 shows -
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film,
Untitled Star Wars "New Jedi Order" Film,
Vertigo,
Untitled James Bond Film,
Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel,
Gypsy Woman,
Amazing Grace,
Peaky Blinders,
Locke,
Allied,
Taboo,
See,
FX's A Christmas Carol,
Locked Down,
Spencer,
SAS Rogue Heroes,
Great Expectations,
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,
This Town,
The Veil,
Maria,
A Thousand Blows and
A Thousand Blows.
Credited for Story in 1 show -
See.
Credited for Original Film Writer in 1 show -
The Choice.
Directing
Production
Credited for Executive Producer in 19 shows -
Peaky Blinders,
Allied,
Taboo,
November Criminals,
See,
FX's A Christmas Carol,
Locked Down,
Spencer,
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony,
SAS Rogue Heroes,
Great Expectations,
All the Light We Cannot See,
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,
This Town,
The Veil,
Maria,
A Thousand Blows,
Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues and
House of Guinness.
Crew
Creator
Credited for Creator in 21 shows -
Winning Lines,
The People Versus,
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran,
Ferrari,
Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel,
Talking Telephone Numbers,
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,
Who Wants to Win Millions?,
Kannadada Kotyadhipati,
Peaky Blinders,
Taboo,
Hvem vil være millionær?,
See,
SAS Rogue Heroes,
Great Expectations,
All the Light We Cannot See,
This Town,
The Veil,
A Thousand Blows and
House of Guinness.