Edgar Wright
Directing • Born 1974-04-18
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).
Filmography
42 credits
Land of the Dead
Movie • 2005
Photo Booth Zombie
Calcium
Movie • 2001
A Fistful of Fingers
Movie • 1995
Cheesy Voiceover Artist / Two Bit Farmer Cameo
Spaced: Skip to the End
Movie • 2004
Self
Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End
Movie • 2013
Himself
The Fuzzball Rally
Movie • 2007
Himself
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
Movie • 2007
Self
Out of Print
Movie • 2014
Self
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Self
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie • 2014
Self (uncredited)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Movie • 2020
Self - Scene Headings
Lennon or McCartney
Movie • 2014
Self
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Movie • 2011
Self
Sing
Movie • 2016
Additional Voices (voice)
Tour de Pharmacy
Movie • 2017
Commentator
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie • 2017
Resistance Trooper (uncredited)
Friedkin Uncut
Movie • 2018
Self
Shaun of the Dead
Movie • 2004
Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie • 2005
Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Movie • 2010
Self
Dead Right
Movie • 1993
The Director (uncredited)
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Movie • 2018
Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Movie • 2006
Self
Suck My Geek!
Movie • 2007
Self
The World's End
Movie • 2013
Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited)
When Shaun Met George
Movie • 2005
Self
Son of Rambow
Movie • 2007
Metal Work Teacher
The Sparks Brothers
Movie • 2021
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 2021
Self
Sing 2
Movie • 2021
Additional Voices (voice)
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Alistair Boorswan (voice)
Digman!
TV • 2023
Chap Kingsley (voice)
Spaced
TV • 1999
First Sleeping Ex-flatmate
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Scientist
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Floor manager
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Technician
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Eddie Yorque
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest