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Steven Knight(I)

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Steven Knight at an event for Locke (2013)
The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen's Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. SPENCER is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.



Directed by Pablo Larraín

Written by Steven Knight  Starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins
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Spencer (2021)
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Steven Knight is a British screenwriter and film director. He is best known for screenplays he wrote for the films Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and Eastern Promises (2007), and also directed as well as written the film Locke (2013).

Knight is also one of three creators of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a game show that has been remade and aired in around 160 countries worldwide, and has written for BBC's Commercial Breakdown, The Detectives , Peaky Blinders and Taboo.

Others films based on screenplays that Knight has written include The Hundred-Foot Journey and Pawn Sacrifice both in 2014.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Steven Knight in Locke (2013)
Matthew McConaughey and Steven Knight in Serenity (2019)
Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Steven Knight in Peaky Blinders (2013)
Michael Greyeyes, Steven Knight, Susanna White, and Jessica Chastain at an event for Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
Steven Knight at an event for Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
Steven Knight at an event for Taboo (2017)
Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy, and Steven Knight at an event for Taboo (2017)
Steven Knight at an event for Allied (2016)
Steven Knight at an event for Allied (2016)
Steven Knight at an event for Allied (2016)
Tom Hardy and Steven Knight at an event for Locke (2013)
Tom Hardy, Guy Heeley, Paul Webster, Stuart Ford, and Steven Knight at an event for Locke (2013)

Known for

Tom Hardy in Locke (2013)
Locke
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  • Writer
  • 2013
Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019)
Serenity
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  • Writer
  • 2019
Audrey Tautou in Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Dirty Pretty Things
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  • Writer
  • 2002
Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in Eastern Promises (2007)
Eastern Promises
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  • Writer(as Steve Knight)
  • 2007

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Writer

  • Great Expectations
    • Post-production
  • All the Light We Cannot See
    • (creator)
    • Post-production
  • Ferrari
    • Pre-production
  • The Veil
    • Pre-production
  • A Thousand Blows
    • Pre-production
  • Maria
    • Pre-production
  • This Town
    • In Production
  • SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)
    SAS Rogue Heroes
    • (creator)
  • Jason Momoa in See (2019)
    See
    • (creator) ...
  • Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Natasha O'Keeffe, Harry Kirton, and Finn Cole in Peaky Blinders (2013)
    Peaky Blinders
  • Roads to Freedom
  • Kristen Stewart in Spencer (2021)
    Spencer
  • Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Locked Down (2021)
    Locked Down
  • A Christmas Carol (2019)
    A Christmas Carol
  • Liam Gallagher in Liam Gallagher: One of Us (2019)
    Liam Gallagher: One of Us
  • Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019)
    Serenity
  • Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    The Girl in the Spider's Web
  • Chloë Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort in November Criminals (2017)
    November Criminals
  • Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
    Woman Walks Ahead
  • Tom Hardy in Taboo (2017)
    Taboo
    • (creator)
  • Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in Allied (2016)
    Allied
  • Bradley Cooper in Burnt (2015)
    Burnt

Producer

  • Great Expectations
    • Post-production
  • All the Light We Cannot See
    • Post-production
  • Ferrari
    • Pre-production
  • The Veil
    • Pre-production
  • A Thousand Blows
    • Pre-production
  • This Town
    • In Production
  • SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)
    SAS Rogue Heroes
  • Jason Momoa in See (2019)
    See
  • Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Natasha O'Keeffe, Harry Kirton, and Finn Cole in Peaky Blinders (2013)
    Peaky Blinders
  • Roads to Freedom
  • Kristen Stewart in Spencer (2021)
    Spencer
  • Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Locked Down (2021)
    Locked Down
  • A Christmas Carol (2019)
    A Christmas Carol
  • Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019)
    Serenity
    • (produced by)
  • Chloë Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort in November Criminals (2017)
    November Criminals
  • Tom Hardy in Taboo (2017)
    Taboo
  • Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in Allied (2016)
    Allied

Director

  • Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019)
    Serenity
  • Tom Hardy in Locke (2013)
    Locke
  • Jason Statham in Redemption (2013)
    Redemption
  • The Detectives (1993)
    The Detectives
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    • 1959
    • Marlborough, England, UK

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    Submitted a screenplay to the BBC Writersroom. This screenplay went on to become 'Dirty Pretty Things'.

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