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Steven Knight is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 5 august 1959 at Birmingham (United-kingdom)

Steven Knight

Steven Knight
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 august 1959 (64 years) at Birmingham (United-kingdom)

Steven Knight (born 1959) is a British screenwriter and film director. Knight has written scripts for numerous British television programmes such as the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, BBC's Commercial Breakdown, The Detectives and others. However, he is best known for screenplays he wrote for films Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises. His work on the screenplay for Dirty Pretty Things earned him the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay and London Film Critics Circle award for British Screenwriter of the Year. The screenplay was also nominated for several other awards including the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Knight wrote a draft of a screenplay based on the book Shutter Island written by Dennis Lehane, but the draft that was used for the movie of the same name was written by Laeta Kalogridis.

Biography


Best films

Wrath of the Titans (2012)
(Scriptwriter)
Shutter Island (2010)
(Scriptwriter)
Eastern Promises (2007)
(Scriptwriter)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Paul Webster
Paul Webster
(4 films)
Nina Gold
Nina Gold
(4 films)
Sacha Gervasi
Sacha Gervasi
(1 films)
Mick Audsley
Mick Audsley
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Steven Knight (19 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019SerenityDirector, Scriptwriter, Producer
2018Woman Walks Ahead
2018The Girl in the Spider's WebScriptwriter
2017November CriminalsScriptwriter, Executive Producer
2016AlliedWriter, Executive Producer
2015Pawn SacrificeScriptwriter
2015Burnt
2014Seventh SonScriptwriter
2014LockeDirector, Writer
2014The Hundred-Foot JourneyScriptwriter
2013Closed CircuitScriptwriter
2013HummingbirdDirector, Scriptwriter
2013RedemptionProducer
2012Wrath of the TitansScriptwriter
2010Shutter IslandScriptwriter
2007Eastern PromisesScriptwriter
2006Amazing GraceWriter
2002Gypsy WomanWriter
2002Dirty Pretty ThingsScriptwriter