Edgar Wright

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg, Nira Park and Nick Frost. He also collaborated with them as the director of the television series Spaced.He also co-wrote, produced and directed the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Along with his friend Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he co-wrote Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay of upcoming superhero film Ant-Man, which Wright was intended to direct for a planned release in July 2015 before departing the project.

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Edgar Wright
Birth dateApril 18, 1974
Birth nameEdgar Howard Wright
Birth place
Poole

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