1. Edgar Howard Wright was born on 18 April 1974 and is an English filmmaker.
30 Facts About Edgar Wright
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Edgar Wright is known for his fast-paced 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.
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Edgar Wright first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995.
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In 2004, Edgar Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Edgar Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy.
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In 2010, Edgar Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series.
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Edgar Wright has written and directed the action film Baby Driver, the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho.
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Edgar Howard Wright was born on 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset and grew up predominantly in Wells in Somerset.
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Edgar Wright has an older brother, Oscar, who is an artist.
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Edgar Wright attended The Blue School, Wells from 1985 to 1992, and is honoured by a plaque at the school.
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From 1992 to 1994, Edgar Wright attended the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and received an ND in Audio-Visual Design.
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On receiving the award Edgar Wright said that he still thought very fondly of his time there.
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Edgar Wright made his feature film debut in 1995 with a low budget, independent spoof western, A Fistful of Fingers, which was picked up for a limited theatrical release and broadcast on the satellite TV channel Sky Movies.
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Edgar Wright gave Spaced an unusual look for the sitcom genre, with dramatic camera angles and movement borrowed from the visual language of science fiction and horror films.
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Edgar Wright made two brief appearances in Spaced, one in which he can be seen, along with other crew members on the series, lying asleep in Daisy Steiner's squat as she prepares to leave for her new house.
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Edgar Wright is sitting on the tube next to Tim and Daisy.
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In 2007, Edgar Wright directed a fake trailer insert for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse, called "Don't".
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Edgar Wright co-wrote the film with writing partner Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat.
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Edgar Wright had been developing a live-action film based on the Marvel Comics superhero Ant-Man with Joe Cornish since 2006.
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In July 2014, Edgar Wright announced that his next film would be Baby Driver.
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Edgar Wright has described the film as "kind of like a musical", and Deadline Hollywood described it as "a collision of crime, action, music, and sound".
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In June 2018, Edgar Wright announced he would be making a documentary on the cult pop rock band Sparks.
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In 2020 it was announced that Edgar Wright had formed a production company with his longtime collaborators Nira Park, Joe Cornish and Rachel Prior, Complete Fiction.
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In 2023, Edgar Wright announced via Twitter that Scott Pilgrim would be returning as an anime adaptation with the film's original actors as the voice cast.
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In February 2021, Edgar Wright signed on to direct Paramount Pictures' new film adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man, which would be a remake of the 1987 film version, starring Josh Brolin and Glen Powell.
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Edgar Wright has stated in The Film That Changed My Life that the film that most influenced him was John Landis's An American Werewolf in London.
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Edgar Wright mentioned Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II and the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona as films that made him want to be a director.
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Edgar Wright began dating American actress Anna Kendrick in 2009, after they met while filming Scott Pilgrim vs the World.
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In December 2007, Edgar Wright began guest programming at Repertory theatre the New Beverly Cinema following a sold-out screening of his films.
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Edgar Wright curated a two-week series of his favourite films dubbed "The Wright Stuff", hosting interviews with filmmakers and performers for each screening.
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Edgar Wright has made cameos in every film by his friend Garth Jennings.