Steven Knight
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Steve Knight read English Literature at University College London, then worked as a copywriter/ producer for a Birmingham advertising agency and then as a copywriter/ producer at Capital Radio.
In 1988 he and Mike Whitehill started a freelance writing partnership providing material for television. They wrote for Canned Carrott, Commercial Breakdown and The Detectives and many other programmes. They also devised game shows including WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? with David Briggs. Steve has written screenplays, four published novels and a play for the National Theatre.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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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
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
SEVENTH SON 2014 | Legendary Pictures | As Writer (with Matt Greenberg, Charles Leavitt, Max Borenstein) |
PAWN SACRIFICE 2014 | Sony Pictures | As Writer (with Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson) |
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY 2014 | DreamWorks | As Writer |
LOCKE 2014 | Shoe Box Films | As Writer & Director |
CLOSED CIRCUIT 2013 | Focus Features | As Writer |
HUMMINGBIRD 2013 | Lionsgate | As Writer & Director |
EASTERN PROMISES 2006 | Focus Features | As Writer * Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama (Viggo Mortensen) |
AMAZING GRACE 2005 | Walden Media | As Writer * Christopher Award, Feature Film, 2008 |
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS 2002 | Celador / BBC Films / Film Council / Miramax | As Writer * Academy Award Nomination 2004: Steve Knight, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
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 |
PEAKY BLINDERS 2013 | Caryn Mandabach Productions | As Creator/Writer |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
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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
Production | Company | Notes |
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PRESIDENT OF AN EMPTY ROOM 2005 | National Theatre | Original stageplay |