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Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright
Born England 1974Edgar is a TV and Film Writer and Director.

In 1993 Edgar Written and Produced ‘Dead Right’ at the age of 18 which cost him £275 to make and ‘A Fistful of Fingers’ a spoof western.

In 1996 Edgar Created Asylum a Comedy sitcom/ Sketch show set in a mental asylum and ran for 6 episodes.

In 1999 Edgar created the Cult TV programme Spaced along with Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson and staring Nick Frost.

In 2004 Edgar, Pegg and Frost moved to film and created Shaun Of The Dead, and In 2007 They Created Hot Fuzz.

In 2010 Wright Directed Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

In 2011 Edgar was one of the writer of Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘The Adventures of Tintin ‘.




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Edgar Wright - news / articles


  • Edgar Wright 'pained' by Spaced remake - 5 November 2007
    A planned remake of the cult television series Spaced will not involve original creator and director Edgar Wright, who has made his feelings about the project clear on his MySpace blog.-Wright, who went on to direct Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead after two seasons of

Edgar Wright - what members say


  • Spaced
  • Spaced review by from Plymouth, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Enjoyable and unique sit-com that began a number of comedy careers! 5 June 2006
    ...ave all gone on to fame in their own rights. The direction though, is inspired. Edgar Wright tries every trick in the book, and some he apparently invented, to give 'Spaced...   Read customer review
  • Shaun Of The Dead
  • Shaun Of The Dead review by A customer from South East
    Rated - 5.0 stars Shaun of the Dead 9 June 2004
    ...teresting soundtrack and some great comedy moments. I really enjoy watching Edgar Wright direct, he may not be the most original director around, but his quirky visual ...   Read customer review
  • Hot Fuzz
  • Hot Fuzz review by from Basingstoke
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Wicker Man crossed with Die Hard 5 February 2007
    ...ut I am a Simon Pegg groupie! I think he is a genius. Along side the talents of Edgar Wright and Nick Frost... this team can do no wrong. Having brought to us the unbeatabl...   Read customer review

Edgar Wright - filmography


  • Hot Fuzz
  • Hot Fuzz on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Tim Barlow,  Bill Ni,  Anne Reid
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 103,319 members
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  • Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray
  • Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Anne Reid,  Steve Coogan,  Nick Frost
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Pop culture sponges Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost team up again for HOT FUZZ, their follow-up to the hit movie SHAUN OF THE DEAD. HOT FUZZ follows a near-identical formula to its predecessor, simply replacing the various homages to horror movies by heaping on the adulation for action ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 2,096 members
    Not currently released
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  • Hot Fuzz - HD
  • Hot Fuzz - HD (2007)
    Starring: Tim Barlow,  Anne Reid,  Steve Coogan
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,670 member
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  • Shaun of the Dead - HD
  • Shaun of the Dead - HD (2004)
    Starring: Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost,  Kate Ashfield
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Pub regular Shaun certainly needs a drink. He's fallen out with his Mum and his girlfriend's dumped him. Determined to get his sad life back on track, he decides to pull himself together only to be confronted with an unexpected obstacle, an unrelenting swarm of suburban living corpses. Who'd've ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1,058 member
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  • Shaun Of The Dead
  • Shaun Of The Dead on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost,  Kate Ashfield
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 98,572 members
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  • Shaun Of The Dead - Blu-ray
  • Shaun Of The Dead - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost,  Kate Ashfield
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 1,572 member
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  • Spaced
  • Spaced (3 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jessica Stevenson,  Simon Pegg,  Julia Deakin
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The sitcom SPACED features Tim and Daisy (Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson), two quirky young adults who pose as a professional couple in order to rent a flat in Tufnell Park, London. Tim is an assistant manager of a comic book store and an aspiring comic book artist while Daisy is an unemployed ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 25,008 members
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Edgar Wright facts

5 most recent films

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - 3.5 stars
Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - HD - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Spaced - 4.0 stars
Shaun Of The Dead - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Shaun of the Dead - HD - 4.0 stars
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Shaun Of The Dead - 3.5 stars
Hot Fuzz - 3.5 stars
Hot Fuzz - HD - 4.0 stars
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Simon Pegg - 10 times - show films
Nick Frost - 6 times - show films
Martin Freeman - 6 times - show films
Bill Nighy - 6 times - show films
Jessica Stevenson - 4 times - show films

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  4. 12 Aug 2010
    Edgar Wright: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a daydream
  5. 12 Feb 2007
    Hot Fuzz: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright interview

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