Claim: Writing and directing is done by Steven Knight.

Steven Knight -LRB- born 1959 -RRB- is a British screenwriter and film director . He read English at University College London -LRB- UCL -RRB- . 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 -LRB- a.k.a. Redemption -RRB- . 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 .