Edgar Wright
Director · Screenwriter · Producer
Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Baby Driver.
Overview
Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker from Poole, Dorset, known for fast, music-driven genre comedies and a signature editing style built on whip pans, wipes and quick cuts. He directed every episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), created by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, with Nick Frost in the cast. Wright then made the Three Flavours Cornetto films with Pegg and Frost: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World’s End (2013). His other films include Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Baby Driver (2017), the documentary The Sparks Brothers (2021) and Last Night in Soho (2021).
Quick Facts
- Occupation
- Director, Screenwriter, Producer
- Born
- April 18, 1974 in Poole, Dorset, England
Latest PCP Coverage
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Edgar Wright Says the New Spaced Blu-ray Was Made Without Anyone Who Made the Show
The director, who has pushed for a Spaced Blu-ray for years, says he learned about All3Media’s upconverted set from the announcement like…