Early Life

• He attended The Blue School, Wells and is honoured with his own plaque. His drama teacher, Peter Wild features in a cameo role in ‘Hot Fuzz’. 

• At 12, Wright suffered his first heartbreak, something that would end up being instrumental in his career

• Won a BBC animation competition at 17

• Claymation short ‘I Want To Get Into The Movies’

• Throughout 80s and 90s, he directed a variety of short films

• On a Super-8 camera

• Won a Video-8 camcorder in TV competition ‘Going Live’

• Films were comedic parodies of popular genres.

• ‘Carbolic Soap’ - Superhero

• ‘Dead Right’ - Parody of ‘Dirty Harry’ (1971)

• Attended Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design (University Arts Bournemouth) and received a National Diploma in Audio-Visual Design

Career

• 1995 Western parody ‘A Fistful of Fingers’ was Wright’s feature film debut

• Budget of $15,000

• Lack of DVD release and unavailability on streaming services

• Gained national recognition for 2 seasons of ‘Spaced’ for Channel 4.

• Starred & Written by Simon Pegg & Jessica Hynes

• Won 2 British Comedy Awards

• Nominated for BAFTAs & International Emmy Awards

‘Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy’

• ‘Shaun of the Dead’ releases in 2004 

• Starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

• Co-written with Pegg

• Grossed $30 million worldwide 

• “Rom zom com”

• Nominated for 2 BAFTAs (Outstanding British Film of the Year)

• Won British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best Screenplay

• Time Magazine cites as “Top 25 Horror Films of all time”

• Won Empire Award for Best British Film

• Won Saturn award for Best Horror Film.

• ‘Hot Fuzz’ releases in 2007 

• Topped UK box office for 3 weeks

• Grossed $90 million worldwide

• Won National Movie Award & Empire Award for Best Comedy

• Riffs on ‘Point Break’ and Michael Bay’s filmography

• ‘The World’s End’ releases in 2013

• Conclusion to trilogy

• Grossed $46.1 million worldwide

• Won Empire Award for Best British Film

• The term “Cornetto Trilogy” originated from being gifted free Strawberry Cornettos (As seen in Shaun of the Dead) 

• Put Cornettos in next film in a way to try and get more free ice cream

• Received for SotD & The World’s End (Not Hot Fuzz)

Other Works

• Scott Pilgrim vs the World releases in 2010

• His only adaptation to-date

• Grossed $49.3 million on a budget of $85 million

• Reported box-office flop for Universal

• Gained cult classic status with fans

• Received praise for inventive visual style and use of music.

• ‘Ant-Man’ releases in 2015

• Been in development since 2006

• Exited film in 2014 due to creative differences

• “I wanted to make a Marvel movie, but I don’t think they really wanted to make an Edgar Wright movie”

• Replaced by Peyton Reed as Director with Adam Mckay and Paul Rudd rewriting Screenplay

• Received both screenplay, story credits and credited as executive producer

• Baby Driver releases in 2017

• Passion project for Wright

• Grossed $225 million worldwide

• Rhythms of soundtrack matches action unfolding on the screen 

• Critics likened it to a musical

• ‘The Sparks Brothers’ release in 2021

• His first documentary

• Covered cult pop-rock band ‘Sparks’

• ‘Last Night in Soho’ releases in 2021

• First horror-thriller film

• Inspired by films ‘Don’t Look Now’ & ‘Repulsion’

• Grossed $23 million (during Covid-19 pandemic)

• Wright was appointed to BFI’s Board of Governors for a 4-year term in 2022

• ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ releases in 2023

• Anime adaptation with the film’s original actors as the voice cast

• Different from film & books