Edgar Wright
Directing
Born 1974-04-18
Poole, Dorset, England, UK
71 credits
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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).
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Filmography
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Directing
21 credits
The Running Man
Baby Driver
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Last Night in Soho
The World's End
Murder Most Horrid
Spaced
Asylum
The Sparks Brothers
Is It Bill Bailey?
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Mash and Peas
Barbarella
Dead Right
A Fistful of Fingers
Help!
Set My Heart to Five
Carbolic Soap
Acting
38 credits
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
DuckTales
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sing 2
Sing
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Paul
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Digman!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The World's End
The Russell Howard Hour
Land of the Dead
Spaced
Grindhouse
Look Around You
Son of Rambow
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Tour de Pharmacy
The Sparks Brothers
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
Friedkin Uncut
Lennon or McCartney
Spaced: Skip to the End
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Dead Right
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Out of Print
A Fistful of Fingers
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Suck My Geek!
When Shaun Met George
Carbolic Soap
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
Writing
19 credits
The Running Man
Ant-Man
Baby Driver
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Adventures of Tintin
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Last Night in Soho
The World's End
Spaced
Asylum
The Sparks Brothers
Dead Right
A Fistful of Fingers
Help!
Seconds
Shadows
Set My Heart to Five
Carbolic Soap
Producing
16 credits
The Running Man
Ant-Man
Baby Driver
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Last Night in Soho
The World's End
Attack the Block
The Sparks Brothers
Sightseers
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Dead Right
A Fistful of Fingers
Help!
Seconds
Carbolic Soap
Other credits
5 credits
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