screenwriter and director
Steven Knight
One visit, reaching 9 films in the collection.
9 Mar 2026
The screenwriter and director talks about the timelessness of Brief Encounter, praises the performances of Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and reminisces about discovering French cinema at an early age.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brief Encounter | David Lean | 1945 |
| 2 | Le cercle rouge | Jean-Pierre Melville | 1970 |
| 3 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | 1965 |
| 4 | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 |
| 5 | 3:10 to Yuma | Delmer Daves | 1957 |
| 6 | One-Eyed Jacks | Marlon Brando | 1961 |
| 7 | Betty Blue | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1986 |
| 8 | Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | 1967 |
| 9 | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 |
Least-picked choice here: Le cercle rouge , taken by 2 other visits.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Steven Knight is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Levinson | 2 | 0.154 | Dont Look Back, One-Eyed Jacks |
| Jonathan Marc Sherman | 2 | 0.095 | One-Eyed Jacks, Paris, Texas |
| Ethan Hawke | 2 | 0.061 | One-Eyed Jacks, Paris, Texas |