Steven Knight

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Natasha Galloway
Assistant: Hassan Sherif Abdelfattah-Elmakhzangui

Film, TV & Theatre

Steven Knight (CBE) is a leading British screenwriter, producer and director.
 
He is the creator, executive producer and writer of BAFTA-winning television series Peaky Blinders, starring Cillian Murphy, as well as of further hit series including Taboo (BBC/FX), SAS Rogue Heroes (BBC), This Town (BBC), The Veil (FX) and All the Light We Cannot See (Netflix) which earned multiple nominations including for ‘Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television’ at the 2024 Golden Globes. Knight co-created international game show phenomenon Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
 
His first penned film, Dirty Pretty Things, was directed by Stephen Frears and opened the London Film Festival. It won four BIFAs, the 2005 Humanitas Prize for Film and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, among other honors. Further screenplays for film include Eastern Promises and Spencer, and three that he also directed: HummingbirdLocke and Serenity.
 
Knight is Co-Director of Digbeth Loc. Studios, a new TV and Film studio complex, which officially launched in Birmingham – his home city – in 2023.
 
Beyond the screen, Knight has published four novels: The Movie HouseAlphabet CityOut of the Blue and The Last Words of Will Wolfkin. He was also part of the creative team responsible for the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
 
Knight received a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List 2020 for services to Drama, Entertainment and the community of Birmingham. He has the highest honor from the Royal Television Society’s Midlands Centre – the Baird Medal – and in 2023 the Royal Television Society awarded Steven a Fellowship for his contribution to the UK television industry. He has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Worcester, an Honorary Degree of Doctor from Birmingham City University and an Honorary Fellowship at UCL.
 
Upcoming projects include Disney+ series A Thousand Blows, starring Stephen Graham, and the Netflix feature film installment of Peaky Blinders. 

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SMALL DARK LOOK

Focus Features

As Writer, Dir Martin Zandvliet

HOUSE OF GUINNESS

Kudos

As Creator/Writer

FERRARI

Apple TV+

As Writer, Dir Stefano Sollima

ROADS TO FREEDOM

Storyteller Productions

As Co-Writer of Limited Series with Antony Beevor, Dir: Ridley Scott

PEAKY BLINDERS (FILM)

Netflix

As Creator/Writer (with Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson)

STAR WARS: NEW JEDI ORDER

2026

Lucasfilm

As Writer

A THOUSAND BLOWS

2024

The Story Collective / Water & Power Productions / Matriarch Productions

As Creator/Writer (with Stephen Graham)

MARIA

2024

Fremantle

As Writer

Film

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SPENCER

2021

Komplizen Film

As Writer, Dir Pablo Larraín (with Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall).

LOCKED DOWN

2021

AGC Studios

As Writer (with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway)

SERENITY

2019

IM Global

As Writer/Director (with Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane)

WOMAN WALKS AHEAD

2018

IM Global / A24

As Writer, Dir Susanna White (with Jessica Chastain, Sam Rockwell, Ciaran Hinds

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB

2018

As Writer, Dir Fede Alvarez (with Claire Foy)

NOVEMBER CRIMINALS

2017

Black Bicycle Entertainment

As Writer, Dir Sacha Gervasi (with Catherine Keener, Chloe Moretz, Ansel Elgort)

ALLIED

2016

GK Films

As Writer, Dir Robert Zemeckis (with Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode)

BURNT

2015

Peapie Films / 3 Arts Entertainment

As Writer
Dir: John Wells
Prods: Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Erwin Stoff
(with Bradley Cooper, Alicia Vikander, Sienna Miller, Uma Thurman)

SEVENTH SON

2014

Legendary Pictures

As Writer (with Matt Greenberg, Charles Leavitt, Max Borenstein)
Dir: Sergei Bodrov
Prod: Basil Iwanyk, Thomas Tull, Lionel Wigram)
(with Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges)

PAWN SACRIFICE

2014

Sony Pictures

As Writer (with Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson)
Dir: Edward Zwick
Prod: Gail Katz, Tobey Maguire
(with Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, LIev Schreiber)

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

2014

DreamWorks

As Writer
Dir: Lasse Hallström
Prod: Juliet Blake, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey
(with Helen Mirren)

LOCKE

2014

Shoe Box Films

As Writer & Director
Prod: Guy Heeley, Paul Webster
(With Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman)

CLOSED CIRCUIT

2013

Focus Features

As Writer
Dir: John Crowley
Prods: Tim Bevan, Chris Clark, Eric Fellner
(with Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall)

HUMMINGBIRD

2013

Lionsgate

As Writer & Director
Prods: Guy Heeley, Paul Webster
(with Jason Statham, Agata Buzek)

EASTERN PROMISES

2006

Focus Features

As Writer
Dir: David Cronenberg
Prods: Robert Lantos, Paul Webster)
(With Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassell)

* Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama (Viggo Mortensen)
* BAFTA nominations: Best British Film, Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)
* Genie Award (Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television): Best Screenplay
* Best Picture, Cadillac People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival 2007

AMAZING GRACE

2005

Walden Media

As Writer
Dir: Michael Apted
Prods: Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Terrence Mallick, Edward Pressman, Ken Wales
(with Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai)

* Christopher Award, Feature Film, 2008
* John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prize, The Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards, 2008
* Nominated, Humanitas Prize, Feature Fim, 2008
* Nominated, London Circle Critics Award, British Breakthrough, Acting, 2008

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS

2002

Celador / BBC Films / Film Council / Miramax

As Writer
Dir: Stephen Frears
Prods: Robert Jones, Tracey Seaward
(With Audrey Tautou, Chiwetel Ejiofor)

* Academy Award Nomination 2004: Steve Knight, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
* 2 BAFTA Nominations 2003: Best Original Screenplay, Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
* Winner, Four BIFA Awards 2003: Best British Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor
* 7 BIFA nominations 2003: Best British Independent Film; Best Screenplay; Best Director; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Sophie Okonedo); Best Supporting Actor (Benedict Wong); Most Promising Newcomer (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
* Winner Best Film and Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Evening Standard British Film Awards
* Winner, 2004 Humanitas Award
* Nominated WGA Award: Best Original Screenplay, 2004
* Winner, Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
* Winner, Best Cinema, South Bank Show Awards 2003
* Winner, Best British Screenwriter, London Film Critics’ Circle Awards 2003
* London Film Critics’ Circle Awards 2003: Nominated Best British Screenwriter, Best British Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor),
* Steve Knight winner Variety ‘Ten Screenwriters to Watch 2002′ Award
* National Board of Review 2003: Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
* Runner-up, Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2004
* Winner, Humanitarian Award and nominated Golden Lion Award, Venice 2002
* National Board of Review 2003: Special Recognition of Films that Reflect the Freedom of Expression
* Opened London Film Festival 2002

Television

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SAS ROGUE HEROES

2022

Kudos / Nebulastar

As Creator/Writer (with Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen)

THIS TOWN

2024

BBC

As Creator/Writer

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

2023

FX Productions / BBC

As Writer/Executive Producer, (with Olivia Coleman, Fionn Whitehead, Owen McDonnell)

THE VEIL

2024

FX Productions

As Creator/Writer (with Elisabeth Moss and Yumna Marwan)

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

2023

Netflix

As Creator/Writer, Co-developed with Shawn Levy.

PEAKY BLINDERS 6

2022

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer (with Cillian Murphy)

SEE

2019 - 2022

Apple TV

As Creator/Writer/Executive Producer (with Jason Momoa, Sylvia Hoeks)

TABOO 2

2018

Hardy Baker Sons

As Co-Creator/Writer

PEAKY BLINDERS 5

2018

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer

PEAKY BLINDERS 4

2017

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer (with Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Adrian Brody, Tom Hardy)

TABOO

2016

Scott Free / Hardy Baker

As Co-Creator/Writer
Dir: Kristoffer Nyholm (with Tom Hardy)

PEAKY BLINDERS 3

2015

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer (with Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Tom Hardy)

PEAKY BLINDERS 2

2014

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer
Prod: Will Gould
(with Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory)

PEAKY BLINDERS

2013

Caryn Mandabach Productions

As Creator/Writer
Dirs: Otto Bathurst, Tom Harper
Prods: Katie Swinden
(with Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory)

Other

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THE LAST WORDS OF WILL WOLFKIN

2010

HarperCollins

Novel

OUT OF THE BLUE

1997

Penguin

Novel

ALPHABET CITY

1995

Penguin

Novel

THE MOVIE HOUSE

1993

Penguin

Novel

Theatre

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PRESIDENT OF AN EMPTY ROOM

2005

National Theatre

Original stageplay
Dir: Howard Davies