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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Also Known As
Movies (42)
The Running Man
Producer (Production)
2025
Snow White
Thanks (Crew)
2025
Sing 2
as Additional Voices (voice)
2021
Last Night in Soho
Story (Writing)
2021
What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London
Director (Directing)
2021
The Sparks Brothers
as Self
2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
2021
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
as Self - Scene Headings
2020
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Resistance Trooper (uncredited)
2017
The Shape of Water
Thanks (Crew)
2017
Tour de Pharmacy
as Commentator
2017
Baby Driver
Director (Directing)
2017
Sing
as Additional Voices (voice)
2016
Ant-Man
Screenplay (Writing)
2015
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2014
Out of Print
as Self
2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self (uncredited)
2014
Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
as Himself
2013
The World's End
as Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited)
2013
Sightseers
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
The Adventures of Tintin
Screenplay (Writing)
2011
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
as Self
2011
Attack the Block
Executive Producer (Production)
2011
Paul
Script Editor (Writing)
2011
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
as Self
2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Producer (Production)
2010
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
as Self
2007
Suck My Geek!
as Self
2007
The Fuzzball Rally
as Himself
2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
2007
Grindhouse
Additional Third Assistant Director (Directing)
2007
Hot Fuzz
as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)
2007
Son of Rambow
as Metal Work Teacher
2007
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
as Self
2006
When Shaun Met George
as Self
2005
Land of the Dead
as Photo Booth Zombie
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)
2005
Spaced: Skip to the End
as Self
2004
Shaun of the Dead
as Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited)
2004
Calcium
2001
TV Shows (8)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Digman!
as Chap Kingsley (voice)
2023
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
DuckTales
as Alistair Boorswan (voice)
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
Look Around You
as Scientist
2002