Steven Knight

Born 1959 · British screenwriter and film director

Steven Knight is an English film and television show maker. He wrote the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things, and Eastern Promises, and also wrote and directed the films Locke, Hummingbird and Serenity. In July 2025, it was announced that he will write the 26th official James Bond film, to be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

Steven Knight, in order

1. 2002 Dirty Pretty Things: wrote · directed by Stephen Frears
2. 2006 Amazing Grace: wrote · directed by Michael Apted
3. 2007 Eastern Promises: wrote · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 89%, audiences 83% · streaming on Prime Video
4. 2010 Shutter Island: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 69%, audiences 77% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
5. 2013 Closed Circuit: wrote · directed by John Crowley
6. 2013 Locke: directed, wrote · critics 90%, audiences 72% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
7. 2013 Peaky Blinders (TV series): wrote, created · directed by David Caffrey
8. 2013 Redemption: directed, wrote
9. 2014 Pawn Sacrifice: wrote · directed by Edward Zwick
10. 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey: wrote · directed by Lasse Hallström · critics 69%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+
11. 2014 The Seventh Son: wrote · directed by Sergei Bodrov
12. 2015 Burnt: wrote · directed by John Wells
13. 2016 Allied: wrote · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 60%, audiences 64% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
14. 2016 November Criminals: wrote · directed by Sacha Gervasi
15. 2017 First They Killed My Father: wrote · directed by Angelina Jolie
16. 2017 Taboo (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Anders Engström and Kristoffer Nyholm
17. 2018 The Girl in the Spider's Web: wrote · directed by Fede Álvarez
18. 2018 Woman Walks Ahead: wrote · directed by Susanna White
19. 2019 A Christmas Carol (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Nick Murphy
20. 2019 See (TV series): created · directed by Fred Toye
21. 2019 Serenity: directed, wrote
22. 2021 Locked Down: wrote · directed by Doug Liman · critics 41%, audiences 27%
23. 2021 Spencer: wrote · directed by Pablo Larraín
24. 2023 All the Light We Cannot See (TV series): wrote · directed by Shawn Levy
25. 2023 Great Expectations (TV series): wrote, created
26. 2024 Maria: wrote · directed by Pablo Larraín
27. 2025 A Thousand Blows (TV series): created · directed by Ashley Walters and Coky Giedroyc
28. 2025 House of Guinness (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Mounia Akl and Tom Shankland
29. 2026 Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger: wrote · directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
30. 2026 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: wrote · directed by Tom Harper
31. Bond 26: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve
32. SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Tom Shankland · critics 100%, audiences 87% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
33. This Town (TV series): wrote