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My Take
Steven Knight is a writer I'd follow into almost any genre, because his range is ridiculous. He gave us the quietly devastating Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, then turned Locke into a one-man, single-location masterclass that should not work but absolutely does. The Edgar Award and British Independent Film honors track that craft, and the 2020 CBE feels well earned. What I admire most is his willingness to gamble on form, whether it's a movie set entirely in a car or sprawling television. An English screenwriter who can write tense crime, soulful drama, and prestige TV with equal conviction is a real rarity, and I trust his name on a script.
Overview
Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is an English screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things, and Eastern Promises, and also wrote and directed the films Locke, Hummingbird (a.k.a. Redemption) and Serenity.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Steven Knight
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・ナイト
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・ないと
- Born
- August 5, 1959 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Marlborough, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film director / executive producer / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College London
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Edgar Awards
- London Film Critics' Circle
- British Independent Film Awards
- 2020 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.