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.
Acting
- 2022The Real Peaky BlindersSelf2 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2025House of GuinnessExecutive Producer8 ep.
- 2025Built in Birmingham: Brady & the BluesExecutive Producer5 ep.
- 2025A Thousand BlowsExecutive Producer, Writer12 ep.
- 2024The VeilExecutive Producer, Writer6 ep.
- 2024This TownExecutive Producer, Writer6 ep.
- 2023All the Light We Cannot SeeExecutive Producer, Teleplay4 ep.
- 2023Great ExpectationsExecutive Producer, Writer6 ep.
- 2022SAS Rogue HeroesExecutive Producer, Writer12 ep.
- 2019SeeExecutive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer24 ep.
- 2017TabooExecutive Producer, Writer8 ep.
- 2013Peaky BlindersExecutive Producer, Writer36 ep.
- —Untitled Peaky Blinders SequelWriter1 ep.
Also known as: Steven Knight CBE