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).

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Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

DuckTales

Alistair Boorswan (voice)

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Self

Sing 2

Additional Voices (voice)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Resistance Trooper (uncredited)

Sing

Additional Voices (voice)

Shaun of the Dead

Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited)

Hot Fuzz

Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)

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
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
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
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