Edgar Wright

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-04-18 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Poole, Dorset, England, UK

Also Known As Эдгар Райт, 에드거 라이트, エドガー・ライト, 埃德加·赖特, إدغار رايت

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 began making 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 seasons 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 directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), and recently the documentary The Sparks Brothers (2021), as well as the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (2021).

Known For

Director

Stage 13

as Director

The Chain

as Director

Barbarella

as Director

Baby Driver 2

as Director

2025
The Running Man

as Director

2021
Last Night in Soho

as Director

2021
2017
Baby Driver

as Director

2013
The World's End

as Director

2007
Hot Fuzz

as Director

2007
Don't

as Director

2007
Grindhouse

as Additional Third Assistant Director

2007
Grindhouse

as Co-Director

2004
Shaun of the Dead

as Director

2003
Blue Song

as Director

2001
Forced Hilarity

as Director

1999
Spaced

as Director

1998
Is It Bill Bailey?

as Director

1996
Very Important Pennis: Uncut

as Second Unit Director

1996
Asylum

as Director

1996
Mash and Peas

as Director

1995
1993
Dead Right

as Director

1993
Infra Red Fred

as Director

1992
Help!

as Director

1991
Murder Most Horrid

as Director

1987
French & Saunders

as Director

Actor

2023
Digman!

as Chap Kingsley (voice)

2021
Sing 2

as Additional Voices (voice)

2020
2018
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as Resistance Trooper (uncredited)

2017
Tour de Pharmacy

as Commentator

2017
DuckTales

as Alistair Boorswan (voice)

2016
Sing

as Additional Voices (voice)

2014
Out of Print

as Self

2014
2013
The World's End

as Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited)

2007
2007
2007
Hot Fuzz

as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)

2007
Son of Rambow

as Metal Work Teacher

2005
Land of the Dead

as Photo Booth Zombie

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)

2004
Shaun of the Dead

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

1999
Spaced

as First Sleeping Ex-flatmate

1995
A Fistful of Fingers

as Cheesy Voiceover Artist / Two Bit Farmer Cameo

1993
Dead Right

as The Director (uncredited)

Writer

Set My Heart to Five

as Screenplay

Baby Driver 2

as Writer

Shadows

as Writer

Seconds

as Screenplay

2025
2021
2021
Last Night in Soho

as Screenplay

2021
The Sparks Brothers

as Screenplay

2017
Baby Driver

as Writer

2015
Ant-Man

as Screenplay

2015
Ant-Man

as Story

2013
The World's End

as Writer

2011
2011
Paul

as Script Editor

2010
2007
Hot Fuzz

as Screenplay

2007
Don't

as Writer

2007
Grindhouse

as Writers' Assistant

2004
2001
Forced Hilarity

as Screenplay

1995
A Fistful of Fingers

as Screenplay

1993
Dead Right

as Writer

1993
Infra Red Fred

as Writer

1992
Help!

as Screenplay

Producer

Stage 13

as Executive Producer

The Chain

as Producer

Baby Driver 2

as Executive Producer

Seconds

as Producer

2025
The Running Man

as Producer

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

as Executive Producer

2021
Last Night in Soho

as Producer

2021
2017
Baby Driver

as Executive Producer

2015
Ant-Man

as Executive Producer

2013
The World's End

as Executive Producer

2012
Sightseers

as Executive Producer

2011
Attack the Block

as Executive Producer

2001
Forced Hilarity

as Producer

1995
1993
Dead Right

as Producer

1992
Help!

as Producer

Editor

1993
Dead Right

as Editor

1992
Help!

as Editor

Creator

1999
Spaced

as Creator

1996
Asylum

as Creator