Steven Knight

Steven Knight (* 1959 in Marlborough , Wiltshire , England ) is a British screenwriter , film and television director , best known for his work on various television series .

He also wrote the scripts for Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises and Under Observation . After directing several episodes of The Detectives in the 1990s , three feature films followed in the 2010s.

Filmography (selection)

1989: Commercial Breakdown (TV series)
1993–1997: The Detectives (TV series, 31 episodes)
1998: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2002: Dirty Pretty Things (Dirty Pretty Things)
2006: Amazing Grace
2007: Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises (Eastern Promises)
2013: Redemption - Hour of Retribution (Hummingbird)
2013: Under observation (closed circuit)
2013: No Turning Back (Locke)
since 2013: Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham ( Peaky Blinders , TV series, creator)
2014: Madame Mallory and the Scent of Curry (The Hundred-Foot Journey)
2014: Pawn Sacrifice - Game of Kings
2014: Seventh Son
2015: In the intoxication of the stars (Burnt)
2016: Allied - Familiar Strangers (Allied)
since 2017: Taboo (TV series, creator)
2017: The woman who precedes (Woman Walks Ahead)
2018: Conspiracy (The Girl in the Spider's Web)
2019: Lake - Empire of the Blind ( Lake , TV series)
2019: A Christmas Carol (Miniseries)

His film Dirty Little Tricks earned him an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay and a London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best British Screenwriter of the Year . His script was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He also received the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay .

personal data
SURNAME	Knight, Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British screenwriter, film and television director
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marlborough , Wiltshire, England, UK