Steven Knight
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Steven Knight is a British
screenwriter. 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.
United Kingdom
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screenwriter. Knight has written scripts for numerous British television programmes such as the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a British television quiz show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty...
, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Commercial Breakdown
Commercial Breakdown
Commercial Breakdown is a BBC/Celador light entertainment television programme which shows humorous television advertisements from around the world.-History:...
, The Detectives
The Detectives
The Detectives is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It was a spoof of police dramas, which were numerous in the 1990s, and it was aired on BBC One...
and others. However, he is best known for screenplays he wrote for films Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things (film)
Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London...
and Eastern Promises. His work on the screenplay for Dirty Pretty Things earned him the Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for Best Motion Picture Screenplay and London Film Critics Circle
London Film Critics Circle
The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards lacked meaning — for people in LA for example — and the Film Section wished its annual Awards...
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
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is the British Academy Film Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. It has been awarded since 1984, when the original category was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted...
.
Knight wrote a draft of a screenplay based on the book Shutter Island
Shutter Island
Shutter Island is a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Harper Collins in April 2003. A film adaptation was released in February 2010. Lehane has said he sought to write a novel that would be an homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp. He described the novel as a hybrid of the...
written by Dennis Lehane, but the draft that was used for the movie of the same name was written by Laeta Kalogridis.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–1997 | The Detectives The Detectives The Detectives is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It was a spoof of police dramas, which were numerous in the 1990s, and it was aired on BBC One... |
Writer for 13 episodes of the programme |
| 1998 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a British television quiz show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty... |
Writer for UK version of the TV programme (unknown episodes) |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things Dirty Pretty Things (film) Dirty Pretty Things is a 2002 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a drama about two illegal immigrants in London... |
Screenwriter |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace Amazing Grace (2006 film) Amazing Grace is a 2006 U.S.–UK co-production film, directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn... |
Screenwriter |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Screenwriter |
| 2012 | The Lost Symbol | Screenwriter |