---
name: "Edgar Wright"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edgar-wright"
fi1m_id: "edgar-wright"
imdb_id: "nm0942367"
tmdb_id: 11090
wikidata_id: "Q522057"
roles: ["Writer","Director","Producer"]
born: "18 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T21:40:06.723324+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edgar Wright

## Identity

Edgar Wright

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edgar-wright
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edgar-wright
- **IMDb ID:** nm0942367
- **TMDB ID:** 11090
- **Wikidata ID:** Q522057
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522057, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11090

Writer and director. Born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director, Producer
- **Born:** 18 April 1974, Poole, Dorset, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** 에드거 라이트, エドガー・ライト, 埃德加·赖特, إدغار رايت, ادگار رایت, Edgar Howard Wright
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 15: 4 acting, 7 directing, 2 writing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Nira Park](https://film.one/person/nira-park.md), [Nick Frost](https://film.one/person/nick-frost.md), [Simon Pegg](https://film.one/person/simon-pegg.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Joe Cornish](https://film.one/person/joe-cornish.md), [Michael Bacall](https://film.one/person/michael-bacall.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 81 (4), 2010s 77 (7), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522057, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11090

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shaun of the Dead*](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md) (85), [*Hot Fuzz*](https://film.one/film/hot-fuzz.md) (84), [*The Adventures of Tintin*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Baby Driver*](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md) (79), [*The Running Man*](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md) (60)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spaced*](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Ant-Man*](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Edgar Wright

> Edgar Wright gives small lives the tempo of a car chase, and for a decade the cutting was the joke. The recent work is bigger, slicker and easier to forget; the early films with Simon Pegg are still the place to start.

In *Hot Fuzz* (2007), Simon Pegg's Nicholas Angel notices that the pub's customers are too young to be there, and the film treats the moment as if he had walked in on a bank job. That is Edgar Wright's habit, and it was there from the start. In *Spaced* (1999) ordinary setbacks get the camera moves and the cutting of a thriller, and the joke is how large they feel to the person having them. By *Baby Driver* (2017) the same instinct had become the whole design: a getaway car turns when the song says turn, and the pleasure is in watching the action land exactly where the music put it.

The career splits cleanly in two. First the British years: *Spaced*, made for television with Pegg and Jessica Hynes, then *Shaun of the Dead* (2004) and *Hot Fuzz*, with Pegg and Nick Frost, and *The World's End* (2013), which we have not reviewed. Then Hollywood: *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), writing credits on *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011) and *Ant-Man* (2015), which he left before shooting, and after that *Baby Driver*, *Last Night in Soho* (2021), the documentary *The Sparks Brothers* (2021) and *The Running Man* (2025). Our scores for the films he directed have gone in one direction, and it is down.

What works is people. Pegg and Frost are funny together because the affection is real and Wright lets it sit; the friendship in *Hot Fuzz* is worth more than the shootout. Marcus Rowland's production design keeps the London of *Shaun of the Dead* so ordinary that nobody registering the zombies is easy to believe, and Chris Dickens cuts both films so that the chat and the scares run at one pace. We laughed out loud at the underage drinkers in *Hot Fuzz*, and we laughed because Pegg refuses to soften the policeman's seriousness for a second and David Arnold's score backs him up as if this were a real action film. Wright likes the films he borrows from, and the comedy is better for it.

What does not work is love, and it never has. Ramona in *Scott Pilgrim*, Debora in *Baby Driver*, Amelia in *The Running Man*: each actress does what she can, and each gets less room than the set piece around her. The fights pile up in *Scott Pilgrim*; the references pile up in *Spaced*; the chases pile up in *The Running Man*, which starts again every twenty minutes and explains its satire twice. His screenplays, with Pegg and later with Michael Bacall, are best with little plot and worst with a lot.

*The Running Man* is the first of his films with long stretches nobody would recognise as his. He said in 2017, of *Baby Driver*, "I’d been thinking about it for 22 years." That is the kind of film he should be making: one small idea, held a long time, cut to the bone. Start with *Shaun of the Dead* and *Hot Fuzz*. Come to the recent work afterwards, and expect it to look expensive.

## Biography

Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker, director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset, he studied at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. He began with independent short films and his first feature, *A Fistful of Fingers* (1995), before directing television series including *Spaced* (1999–2001).

Wright is known for the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy: *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), *Hot Fuzz* (2007) and *The World's End* (2013), all co-written with Simon Pegg. Other credits include *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), *Baby Driver* (2017) and *Last Night in Soho* (2021). He wrote the screenplay for *Ant-Man* (2015) and co-wrote the screenplay for *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011). He directed, wrote and produced *The Running Man* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

### Performed in (4)

- *Sing 2* (2021), Fi1m 63, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/sing-2.md)
- *Sing* (2016), Fi1m 70, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Metal Work Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)
- *Look Around You* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Eddie Yorque — [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)

### Directed (7)

- *The Running Man* (2025), Fi1m 60, Director, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Fi1m 64, Story, Director, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Fi1m 79, Director, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Fi1m 81, Director, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Hot Fuzz* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-fuzz.md)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Fi1m 85, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Spaced* (1999), Fi1m 86, as First Sleeping Ex-flatmate — [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Ant-Man* (2015), Fi1m 67, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Sightseers* (2012), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Running Man* (2025), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md)
- *Snow White* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white.md)
- *Scott Pilgrim Takes Off* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Digman!* (2023), series, as Chap Kingsley (voice)
- *Sing 2* (2021), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sing-2.md)
- *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Story, Screenplay, Director, Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md)
- *What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London* (2021), Director
- *The Sparks Brothers* (2021), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Shadows* (2020), Writer
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), as Resistance Trooper (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *DuckTales* (2017), series, as Alistair Boorswan (voice)
- *Tour de Pharmacy* (2017), as Commentator
- *Baby Driver* (2017), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/baby-driver.md)
- *Sing* (2016), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End* (2013), Producer
- *The World's End* (2013), as Construction Worker (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Sightseers* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-tintin.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *Paul* (2011), Script Editor
- *The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'* (2010), Producer
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Producer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz* (2007), Producer
- *Grindhouse* (2007), as Other
- *Hot Fuzz* (2007), as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-fuzz.md)
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), as Metal Work Teacher — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)
- *Land of the Dead* (2005), as Photo Booth Zombie
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), as Deep Thought Technician (uncredited)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), as Rabid Monkeys Newsreader / Prat-falling Zombie / Italian Restaurant Voice (uncredited) · Director, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Mint Royale: Blue Song* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Look Around You* (2002), series, as Scientist · Floor manager, Technician, Eddie Yorque — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)
- *Calcium* (2001), Actor
- *Forced Hilarity* (2001), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Spaced* (1999), series, as First Sleeping Ex-flatmate · Director, Creator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *Sir Bernard's Stately Homes* (1999), series, Director, Creator
- *Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round* (1998), series, Director
- *Is It Bill Bailey?* (1998), series, Director
- *Very Important Pennis: Uncut* (1996), Second Unit Director
- *Mash and Peas* (1996), series, Director
- *Asylum* (1996), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *A Fistful of Fingers* (1995), Cheesy Voiceover Artist / Two Bit Farmer Cameo, Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
- *Dead Right* (1993), as The Director (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *Carbolic Soap* (1992), as Abner / Mum / Careers Man · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Help!* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, Director
- *I Want to Get Into the Movies!* (1991), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *Barbarella*, Director
- *Seconds*, Producer, Screenplay
- *Set My Heart to Five*, Director, Screenplay
- *Dodge & Twist*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Dario Argento With Edgar Wright - Screening of Tenebrae - BFI Southbank - Saturday 13th May 2023](https://film.one/media/person/7676/gallery-cf93c9c44ab1.jpg) Dario Argento With Edgar Wright - Screening of Tenebrae - BFI Southbank - Saturday 13th May 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/DArgentoBFI130523_%281_of_10%29_%2852896589464%29.jpg/1280px-DArgentoBFI130523_%281_of_10%29_%2852896589464%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Edgar Wright](https://film.one/media/person/7676/gallery-e0d26091fc0e.jpg) Edgar Wright — Image via TMDB
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- ![Edgar Wright](https://film.one/media/person/7676/gallery-d9e7d4aa93d9.jpg) Edgar Wright — Image via TMDB
- ![Edgar Wright](https://film.one/media/person/7676/gallery-1d02360da69b.jpg) Edgar Wright — Image via TMDB
- ![Edgar Wright](https://film.one/media/person/7676/gallery-97c0bdefda57.jpg) Edgar Wright — Image via TMDB

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