Peaky Blinders Creator Steven Knight Urges US Streamers to Fund UK Creative Talent Development
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Jake Kanter
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Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders and writer of the next James Bond film, testified before the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee calling on U.S. streamers like Netflix to financially contribute to developing UK creative talent. While stopping short of calling it a "streamer levy," Knight argued that streaming platforms should help foster future generations of writers, directors, and craftspeople in the UK creative industry.
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Steven Knight, creator of the Peaky Blinders franchise and writer of the next James Bond film, has called on U.S. streamers to make financial contributions to growing UK creative talent.
The British writer stopped short of calling the intervention a 'streamer levy' — an idea that has been kicked around in the UK for many months — but said it would be beneficial for the likes of Netflix to financially foster future generations of writers, directors, and craftspeople.
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