Steven Knight is a celebrated British screenwriter, director, and producer known for creating globally recognized television series and crafting award-winning film screenplays. After co-creating the international game show phenomenon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? alongside Mike Whitehill and David Briggs, which has been remade in approximately 160 countries worldwide since its 1998 debut, Steven Knight transitioned into acclaimed film work. He penned the screenplay for Dirty Pretty Things (2002), a critically lauded project that earned him an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay and a London Film Critics Circle award for British Screenwriter of the Year.

In a significant move to foster talent and production in the West Midlands, he is spearheading the opening of the Digbeth Loc. film and television studio complex in 2024. Looking ahead, Knight has been announced as the writer for the highly anticipated 26th James Bond film, slated for release in 2025, underscoring his continued impact on global cinema.