Edgar Wright (Actor)

Reviews of Edgar Wright Movies

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Movies starring Edgar Wright have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 69%.

Shaun of the Dead - released in 2004 - is Edgar Wright's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 1,030 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Edgar Wright is A Fistful of Fingers - released in 1995 - with a score of 56% based on 12 reviews.

Actor Biography

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter and producer.

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 Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

In 2004, Wright directed the first film in the Three Flavours Cornetto, Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013), which Wright directed and also starred the pair. In 2010, Wright co-wrote, produced, and directed the comedy action film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he co-wrote Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011). His latest film, the action film Baby Driver, was released in 2017.

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).

Edgar Wright has acted in films with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Adam Buxton and Garth Jennings.

Edgar Wright has worked with these film directors: Garth Jennings, Rian Johnson, George A. Romero and Tristan Schulmann.