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Edgar Wright
Poole, Dorset, England, UK
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 express…
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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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2026
Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast
TV show Self
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2025
The Running Man
Movie Producer
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2025
Snow White
Movie Thanks
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2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Digman!
TV show Chap Kingsley (voice)
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2021
Sing 2
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2021
Last Night in Soho
Movie Story
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2021
What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London
Movie Director
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2021
The Sparks Brothers
Movie Self
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2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie Self
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2020
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Movie Self - Scene Headings
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2020
Shadows
Movie Writer
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2018
Friedkin Uncut
Movie Self
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
- 2018
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2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie Resistance Trooper (uncredited)
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2017
The Shape of Water
Movie Thanks
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2017
The Russell Howard Hour
TV show Self
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2017
DuckTales
TV show Alistair Boorswan (voice)
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2017
Tour de Pharmacy
Movie Commentator
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2017
Baby Driver
Movie Director
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2016
Sing
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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2015
Ant-Man
Movie Screenplay
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Lennon or McCartney
Movie Self
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2014
Out of Print
Movie Self
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2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
- 2013
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2013
The World's End
Movie Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited)
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2012
Sightseers
Movie Executive Producer
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2011
The Adventures of Tintin
Movie Screenplay
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2011
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Movie Self
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2011
Attack the Block
Movie Executive Producer
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2011
Paul
Movie Script Editor
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2010
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Movie Self
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2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Movie Producer
- 2007
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2007
Suck My Geek!
Movie Self
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2007
The Fuzzball Rally
Movie Himself
