Edgar Wright

Edgar Howard Wright born 18 April 1974 is an English filmmaker He is known for his fastpaced 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 19992001 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 Wrights Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy The film was cowritten with Pegg as were the next two entries in the trilogy the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz 2007 and the science fiction comedy The Worlds End 2013 In 2010 Wright cowrote 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 cowrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film AntMan 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