Steven Knight
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.
Works
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.
Release Date:2025-02-21
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:12
Maria
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.
Release Date:2024-11-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:241
The Choice
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.
Release Date:2024-11-20
Department:Writing
Job:Original Film Writer
Vote Count:7
The Veil
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.
Release Date:2024-04-30
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:85
This Town
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.
Release Date:2024-03-31
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:20
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
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.
Release Date:2024-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
All the Light We Cannot See
A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.
Release Date:2023-11-02
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:233
Great Expectations
The coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.
Release Date:2023-03-26
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:32
SAS Rogue Heroes
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.
Release Date:2022-10-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:116
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, held at the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr.
Release Date:2022-07-28
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Spencer
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Release Date:2021-11-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1667
Locked Down
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.
Release Date:2021-02-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:286
FX's A Christmas Carol
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.
Release Date:2019-12-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:187
See
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.
Release Date:2019-11-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:24
Vote Count:2539
Hvem vil være millionær?
Release Date:2019-10-13
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1
Serenity
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.
Release Date:2019-01-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1534
The Girl in the Spider's Web
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.
Release Date:2018-10-25
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1380
November Criminals
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.
Release Date:2017-11-07
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:652
Woman Walks Ahead
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.
Release Date:2017-09-10
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:178
Taboo
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.
Release Date:2017-01-07
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:1259
Allied
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.
Release Date:2016-02-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:4547
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.
Release Date:2015-10-02
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:3383
Pawn Sacrifice
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Release Date:2015-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:961
Seventh Son
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?
Release Date:2014-12-12
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:2507
The Hundred-Foot Journey
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Release Date:2014-08-06
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1443
Locke
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.
Release Date:2014-04-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2697
Peaky Blinders
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.
Release Date:2013-09-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:31
Vote Count:10196
Closed Circuit
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.
Release Date:2013-08-28
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:457
Hummingbird
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.
Release Date:2013-05-07
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1720
Redemption
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.
Release Date:2013-04-05
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:17
Eastern Promises
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.
Release Date:2007-09-14
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:3386
Amazing Grace
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.
Release Date:2006-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:295
Gypsy Woman
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 into the secretive world of Gypsies.
Release Date:2002-09-12
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
Dirty Pretty Things
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.
Release Date:2002-09-05
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:447
Vertigo
A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Immortal Man: A Peaky Blinders Film
Plot TBA. Set during World War II.
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Small Dark Look
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 countrymen.
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Untitled Gore Verbinski Project
A married guy spends too much time with an online fantasy role-playing game.
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Peaky Blinders: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Documentary feature about the shooting of season 3 of the British TV show "Peaky Blinders".
Character:Himself
Vote Count:14
House of Guinness
Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story reimagines the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.
Department:Crew
Job:Creator
Episode Count:1
Ferrari
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
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.
Release Date:1999-08-16
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:34
Winning Lines
Winning Lines was a National Lottery game show that ran on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 12 June 1999 to 16 October 2004. It was originally hosted by Simon Mayo from 1999 to 2000, then Phillip Schofield from 2001 to 2004.
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
The People Versus
The People Versus is a television game show which aired on ITV from 2000 to 2002 in the United Kingdom. Kirsty Young hosted the program for the primetime series and Kaye Adams hosted the program for the daytime series. The show was radical in terms of the two changes of versions. The first series was criticised as being slow. The second series was a lot quicker. The People Versus was made by Celador, the same makers as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. While the two series had very different formulas, the central format was that the questions were sent in by the viewers.
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
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.
Release Date:2012-05-12
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Who Want to Be a Millionaire?
The French version of the hit television quiz show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" 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
Release Date:2000-07-03
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:5
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.
Release Date:1998-09-04
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:28
Talking Telephone Numbers
Talking Telephone Numbers was a British game show that was produced by Celador and Carlton Television and aired on ITV from 28 February 1994 to 22 December 1997, hosted by Phillip Schofield and Emma Forbes, then later Claudia Winkleman, with Cash Peters appearing in filmed inserts. The programme featured five games, each designed to generate a number. These numbers were combined towards the end of the programme to form a five-digit code. Viewers with telephone numbers where the last 5 digits matched the code could then phone in to try to win a cash prize.
Release Date:1994-02-28
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:2
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran is a popular Indian television show that airs on Asianet based on the UK's hit game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show first aired on 9 April 2012. Season one was completed on 23 August 2012 While the Second Season ended on 18 July 2013. It offers contestants 1 Crore Indian rupees if they answer all 15 questions correctly. The show is primarily in the Malayalam language with translated English questions; and is hosted by Suresh Gopi, a popular movie star from Malayalam cinema. Siddhartha Basu, KBC's brainchild, is the creative head of the NAK show. Key sponsors are Confident Group, Nissan and Vodafone. A show titled Coat Eeswaran was broadcast by Surya TV in the same time slot as a parody to the program, but this actually helped to enhance the popularity of Kodeeshwaran further.
Department:Creator
Job:Creator