Steven Knight

Steven Knight
Date of Birth: 05 Aug 1959
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Director), 23 (Writer), 5 (Creator)
Biography submitted by howler19
Titles you haven't rated - Director (4) | Writer (23) | Creator (5)
Dirty Pretty Things
A thriller set in London's secret underworld, where everything is for sale. A young man (Ejiofor) and a Turkish chambermaid (Tautou) both work at the same West London hotel -- a breeding ground for illegal activity. They are put to the test when the man makes a shocking discovery late one night. (Miramax Films)
+4
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace is based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. (Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC)
Eastern Promises
The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon--whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold, brutal core--the family is tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. (Focus Features)
+3
Gypsy Woman
Leon Hawthorne, is a hard nosed property developer recently widowed and left with an eight year old daughter. He is on his way to a coroner's inquest into the death of one of his company's construction workers when he first encounters the dead man's widow: the exotic, beautiful, but elusive Natalie. When Leon is given the task of tracking her down following an open verdict in court, he becomes a fish out of water as he pursues her and her own eight year old daughter deep into the countryside.
Redemption
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity -- transforming into an avenging angel in the process. (imdb)
+5
Closed Circuit
Martin and Claudia are lawyers -- and ex-lovers -- who find themselves put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial. (imdb)
+2
Locke
On the most challenging day of his illustrious career, Ivan Locke receives an unexpected phone call, gets behind the wheel and starts to drive. To stop from unravelling his job, his family and essentially his life, Locke will need to drive all night and compete against time.
+7
Seventh Son
A 18th century adventure story centered on young Thomas, who is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away. (imdb)
+2
The Hundred-Foot Journey
A story centered on an Indian family who moves to France and opens an eatery across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant run by Madame Mallory. (imdb)
+2
Pawn Sacrifice
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky. (imdb)
+6
Peaky Blinders
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world. (imdb)
Burnt
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars. (imdb)
+6
Taboo
Taboo (2016) - TV Series
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney builds his own shipping empire in the early 1800s. (imdb)
+9
Allied
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
+10
November Criminals
The hero of the book is 18-year-old Addison Schacht, a Jewish high-school senior in Washington D.C.. The book is his response to the essay question, "What are your best and worst qualities?". He explains he has only bad qualities, as illustrated by the events of his senior year. They include collecting offensive jokes; dealing drugs to his classmates; and insulting teachers, fellow students. But his classmate is killed, and he begins to investigate the death. (imdb)
Woman Walks Ahead
The story follows Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), who moved from Brooklyn to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull keep the land for his people. Weldon wrote letters to the federal government on behalf of Sitting Bull and lived on the land for several years with her son. (imdb)
Serenity
The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be all that it seems. (imdb)
+8
The Girl in the Spider\
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials. (imdb)
+4
Locked Down
A quarreling couple make peace in order to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and pull off a jewellery heist at the Harrods department store.
+2
Spencer
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
+5
Great Expectations
Great Expectations (2023) - TV Mini-Series
Follows orphan Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmith's apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that allows him to travel to London and enter high society.
All the Light We Cannot See
The story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. (imdb)
Maria
1977: Maria Callas, once the world’s greatest opera diva, lives in seclusion in Paris with her staff and her two poodles. Her health is getting worse and worse. Then she receives a request to go on tour again. Will La Callas sing again? And if so, for whom?