Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright

Active - 1995 - 2022  |   Born - Apr 18, 1974 in Poole, Dorset, England  |   Genres - Comedy, Science & Technology [nf], Adventure

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  • Won a Video-8 camera in a filmmaking contest and used it to make various short films.
  • Frequently works with Simon Pegg (beginning with the British sitcom Asylum in 1996) and Nick Frost (beginning with the British sitcom Spaced in 1999).
  • Big film break was with Shaun of the Dead, starring and cowritten by Pegg.
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) was his first U.S. release.
  • His brother Oscar, a comic book artist, contributes art and promotional pictures for Wright's films.