Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
April 18, 1974
Place of Birth:
Poole, Dorset, England, UK
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Edgar Wright
Biography
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film, A Fistful of Fingers, in 1995. Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man in 2015, which Wright intended to direct but abandoned, citing creative differences. He has also written and directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (both 2021).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers | Self |
| 2021 | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2020 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis | Self - Scene Headings |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self |
| 2018 | Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 | Self |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy | Commentator |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Resistance Trooper (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Sing | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2014 | Out of Print | Self |
| 2014 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Lennon or McCartney | Self |
| 2013 | Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End | Himself |
| 2013 | The World's End | Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | Self |
| 2010 | The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' | Self |
| 2007 | The Fuzzball Rally | Himself |
| 2007 | One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead | Self |
| 2007 | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Suck My Geek! | Self |
| 2007 | Son of Rambow | Metal Work Teacher |
| 2006 | Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Self |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Photo Booth Zombie |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Deep Thought Technician (uncredited) |
| 2005 | When Shaun Met George | Self |
| 2004 | Spaced: Skip to the End | Self |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Calcium | |
| 1995 | A Fistful of Fingers | Cheesy Voiceover Artist / Two Bit Farmer Cameo |
| 1993 | Dead Right | The Director (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Digman! | Chap Kingsley (voice) |
| 2018 | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self |
| 2017 | DuckTales | Alistair Boorswan (voice) |
| 2017 | The Russell Howard Hour | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Look Around You | Scientist |
| 2002 | Look Around You | Floor manager |
| 2002 | Look Around You | Technician |
| 2002 | Look Around You | Eddie Yorque |
| 1999 | Spaced | First Sleeping Ex-flatmate |