Writing

Steven Knight

Born August 5, 1959 · Marlborough, England, UK (age 67)

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 V…

Known For

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man · 2026

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

MovieCrimeDrama

After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.

Seventh Son

Seventh Son · 2014

MovieAdventureFantasy

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Hummingbird

Hummingbird · 2013

MovieActionThriller

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Allied

MovieActionDrama

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Burnt

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web · 2018

The Girl in the Spider's Web

MovieActionCrime

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises · 2007

Eastern Promises

MovieThrillerCrime

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Serenity

Serenity · 2019

MovieThrillerMystery

The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.

Filmography

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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man · 2026

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

MovieCrimeDrama

After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.

Producer

Seventh Son

Seventh Son · 2014

MovieAdventureFantasy

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Screenplay

Hummingbird

Hummingbird · 2013

MovieActionThriller

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Screenplay

Allied

MovieActionDrama

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Writer

Burnt

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Screenplay

The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web · 2018

The Girl in the Spider's Web

MovieActionCrime

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

Screenplay

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises · 2007

Eastern Promises

MovieThrillerCrime

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Screenplay

Serenity

Serenity · 2019

MovieThrillerMystery

The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.

Screenplay

Locke

MovieDramaThriller

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

Director

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger · 2026

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Experience the meteoric rise of Oasis through rare footage and untold stories as the band reunites for Oasis Live '25, chronicling their journey from Manchester streets to global rock stardom.

Writer

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey · 2014

The Hundred-Foot Journey

MovieDramaComedy

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Screenplay

Locked Down

Locked Down · 2021

MovieComedyCrime

During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.

Writer

November Criminals

November Criminals · 2017

November Criminals

MovieCrimeDrama

When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

Screenplay

Spencer

Spencer · 2021

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

Writer

FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol · 2019

FX's A Christmas Carol

MovieDramaFantasy

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

Executive Producer

Maria

MovieHistoryDrama

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

Writer

Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice · 2015

MovieThrillerDrama

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Screenplay

Closed Circuit

Closed Circuit · 2013

MovieMysteryDrama

A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

Screenplay

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things · 2002

Dirty Pretty Things

MovieCrimeDrama

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

Writer

Woman Walks Ahead

Woman Walks Ahead · 2018

Woman Walks Ahead

MovieDramaHistory

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.

Screenplay

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace · 2006

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

Writer

Redemption

Redemption · 2013

MovieDocumentary

Redemption is a documentary about New York City's canners - the men and women who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. You've seen them combing through the trash, but never got to meet them. The film is an unexpected and intimate look at post-industrial gleaners, struggling at the edge of our society.

Producer

Cross Away

Cross Away · 2024

MovieDramaThriller

Joseph Cross looks like his job. Solid like concrete. Married, two children, his existence is perfectly organized. Yet this night, alone behind the wheel, he must make a decision that could ruin his life.

Original Film Writer

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby · 2024

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

MovieCrimeDrama

Opening in the trenches of Flanders, a personal story unfolds in postwar industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determine their fate, and Tommy is intoxicated by mysterious newcomer Grace. While Tommy is building his empire, Grace is operating as an undercover agent for Special Branch on a mission to get close to the heart of Tommy’s gang. As the story unfolds, hearts are broken, and revenge is sought.

Writer

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders · 2013

SeriesDramaCrime

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Writer

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? · 1999

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

American version of the tense gameshow where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes.

Creator

See

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.

Executive Producer

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? · 1998

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

A game show created in the United Kingdom, in which contestants attempt to answer general knowledge questions in an intimidating atmosphere in order to scoop the £1 million top prize. The original series was hosted by Chris Tarrant, and its modern-day revival is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

Creator

Taboo

SeriesDramaMystery

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

Writer

SAS Rogue Heroes

SAS Rogue Heroes · 2022

SAS Rogue Heroes

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.

Executive Producer

A Thousand Blows

A Thousand Blows · 2025

A Thousand Blows

Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.

Executive Producer

Great Expectations

Great Expectations · 2023

Great Expectations

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Executive Producer

House of Guinness

House of Guinness · 2025

House of Guinness

Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.

Executive Producer

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See · 2023

All the Light We Cannot See

A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.

Executive Producer

The Veil

The Veil · 2024

SeriesDramaCrime

Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster.

Writer

Who Wants to Win Millions?

Who Wants to Win Millions? · 2000

Who Wants to Win Millions?

Starting with easy multiple-choice questions that gradually get more challenging, contestants have only their wits and three lifeline chances to see them through to the grand prize of one million euros

Creator

Hvem vil være millionær?

Hvem vil være millionær? · 2019

Hvem vil være millionær?

SeriesFamilyTalk

Creator

Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues

Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues · 2025

Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues

SeriesDocumentary

A gritty docuseries following Birmingham City Football Club through the 2024/25 season after its purchase by NFL icon Tom Brady and billionaire Tom Wagner. With unfiltered access to Brady, Wagner, the team and fans, this is a character-led series rooted in the city’s unique culture and driven by the stories of those who are deeply invested in bringing success to one of England’s toughest clubs.

Executive Producer

This Town

This Town · 2024

An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.

Writer

Kannadada Kotyadhipati

Kannadada Kotyadhipati · 2012

Kannadada Kotyadhipati

Kannadada Kotyadhipathi is an Indian game show, hosted by film actor Puneeth Rajkumar. It is the official Kannada language adaptation of the internationally-renowned Sony Pictures Television-owned game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and its successful Hindi adaptation Kaun Banega Crorepati. Since its inaugural episode on 12 March 2012, the show has been airing on Asianet Suvarna and went on to feature celebrity guests as participants as well.

Creator

Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel

Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel

Untitled Peaky Blinders Sequel

In this new era of Peaky Blinders, a decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. At its blood-soaked heart is Duke Shelby: older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous.

Writer