Career
Knight has written the screenplays for the films Closed Circuit, Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, and also directed as well as written the films Locke and Hummingbird (aka Redemption). Knight has also written scripts for numerous British television programmes such as the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (and is also the series creator, the United Kingdom version being the inspiration for the United States version), British Broadcasting Corporation"s Commercial Breakdown, The Detectives and others Knight is best known for screenplays he wrote for the films Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises.
The screenplay was also nominated for several other awards including the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Knight also wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film Closed Circuit, which was directed by John Crowley and which starred Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall. Knight also 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.
He wrote also the screenplay of World War Z II, which will start shooting in October 2015. Knight has also directed two films which he also wrote the screenplays for, Hummingbird (2013) starring Jason Statham and most recently the technically innovative Locke (2014), starring Tom Hardy in a car fielding hands-free phone calls throughout the entire movie.
Knight has also directed several episodes of the he frequently wrote for, The Detectives.
Knight also created the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom (alongside Mike Whitehill and David Briggs) and also is the creator of the Show do Milhão and All About Maine. Knight has written for in the United Kingdom including Peaky Blinders, British Broadcasting Corporation"s Commercial Breakdown (with Jimmy Carr), The Detectives, Comedy Playhouse (the episode "Wild Oats" in 1993), Frankie"s On.., Auntie"s Big Bloomers, and Canned Carrott.
