Edgar Wright

Directing · Born 1974-04-18 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Hot Fuzz as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)
• Sing as Additional Voices (voice)
• Shaun of the Dead as Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited)
• Sing 2 as Additional Voices (voice)
• Land of the Dead as Photo Booth Zombie
• A Fistful of Fingers as Cheesy Voiceover Artist / Two Bit Farmer Cameo
• Spaced: Skip to the End as Self
• The Fuzzball Rally as Himself
• One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead as Self
• Out of Print as Self

TV

• DuckTales as Alistair Boorswan (voice)
• Spaced as First Sleeping Ex-flatmate
• Digman! as Chap Kingsley (voice)
• The Russell Howard Hour as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
• Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
• Look Around You as Scientist
• Look Around You as Floor manager
• Look Around You as Technician
• Look Around You as Eddie Yorque