Writing
Aug 4, 1959
Marlborough, England, UK
Steven Knight
Writing
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.
Feature Films (3)
Documentary feature about the shooting of season 3 of the British TV show "Peaky Blinders".
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
A behind-the-scenes documentary uncovering the real history of Birmingham’s Peaky Blinders, separating fact from fiction in the hit TV series and exploring the creative vision behind its unique style.
Peaky Blinders: The Real Story
Interviews and a few brief scenes showing some of the techniques they used to capture the car footage in 2014's Locke.
Ordinary Unraveling: Making Locke
Television & Series (1)
Exploring the mass gang movement that originated in Birmingham and other industrial cities in the 19th century and evolved into modern gangsterism in the early 20th.