Edgar Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Edgar Wright

British film director, screenwriter and producer

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1974

Place of Birth: Poole, England, United Kingdom

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, television director, film director, film producer, television actor, producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Edgar Wright

  • Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter and producer.
  • Recognized as an auteur, he is famous for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive reliance on music, tracking steady-cam 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 (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.
  • His latest film, the action film Baby Driver, was released in 2017, before filming commenced on his next feature Last Night in Soho (2020). Wright has directed numerous music videos, including The Bluetones' "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (2000), The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's "Psychosis Safari" (2002), Mint Royale's "Blue Song" (2002), Pharrell Williams' "Gust of Wind" (2014), and Beck's "Colors" (2018).

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