Steven Knight

Steven Knight

1959-08-05 Marlborough, England, UK 31 Credits

Biography

Steven Knight CBE is a British screenwriter and film director. Knight wrote the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things, and Eastern Promises, and also directed as well as wrote the films Locke and Hummingbird.

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Maria

Maria

2024

Writer, Executive Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

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.

The Choice

The Choice

2024

Original Film Writer

5.4
Writing

Joseph Cross looks like his job. Solid like concrete. Married, two children, his existence is perfectly organized. Yet this night, alone behind the wh...

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

2024

Writer, Executive Producer

0.5
Writing Producing

Opening in the trenches of Flanders, a personal story unfolds in postwar industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determ...

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

2022

Executive Producer, Director

Producing Directing

The opening ceremony for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, held at the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr.

Spencer

Spencer

2021

Writer, Executive Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

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

Locked Down

Locked Down

2021

Writer, Executive Producer

5.2
Writing Producing

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 ...

FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019

Writer, Executive Producer

7.2
Writing Producing

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...

Serenity

Serenity

2019

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.4
Directing Writing Producing

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 el...

The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web

2018

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web ...

Woman Walks Ahead

Woman Walks Ahead

2018

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

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 wit...

November Criminals

November Criminals

2017

Screenplay, Executive Producer

5.3
Writing Producing

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.

Allied

Allied

2016

Writer, Executive Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reuni...

Burnt

Burnt

2015

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

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 spearh...

Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice

2015

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

Seventh Son

Seventh Son

2014

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

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 ...

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey

2014

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

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

Locke

Locke

2014

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

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 c...

Closed Circuit

Closed Circuit

2013

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

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

Hummingbird

Hummingbird

2013

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportuni...

Redemption

Redemption

2013

Producer

6.3
Producing

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, garba...

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

2007

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

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 Russia...

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

2006

Writer

6.9
Writing

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, bu...

Gypsy Woman

Gypsy Woman

2002

Writer

5.0
Writing

A ruthless property developer investigates a builder's death and meets the dead man's wife. Recently widowed himself, he falls for her and is drawn in...

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

2002

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

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

Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain

N/A

as Himself

8.2
Acting

Documentary feature about the shooting of season 3 of the British TV show "Peaky Blinders".

Vertigo

N/A

Writer

Writing

A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed...

The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film

N/A

Characters, Screenplay, Producer

Writing Producing

Plot TBA. Set during World War II.

Small Dark Look

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

An undercover Russian agent who has risen to become the trusted lieutenant of a London mafia boss is instructed to assassinate one of his fellow count...

Untitled Gore Verbinski Project

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

A married guy spends too much time with an online fantasy role-playing game.

Oasis Reunion Tour documentary

N/A

Producer

Producing
Oasis Live ’25

Oasis Live ’25

N/A

Producer

Producing

After more than 15 years apart, Oasis reunites for the most anticipated comeback in rock history.