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Edgar Wright Biography

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter and producer. He began making independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers (1995). Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

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Usually in TV. . . A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.

Cameraman, Director, Grip, Medium, Sometimes, Usually

I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

Art, Light, Like, Night, Walk

I don't want to get them in trouble for crimes in the early '90s - but there was usually like one pub that was the soft touch in terms of you could get served under 18, and that pub was The Rose and Crown.

90S, Crown, Crowns, Rose, Usually, Want

I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.

Break, Girl, Happened, Teenager, Thing

There are things that are about the entire genre, so it's weird when you look on Wikipedia and people say, "The scene where Angel grabs his fist is from Superman II," and you're thinking, "Ummm, no it's not. " Or, "There's a shot from Matrix Revolutions. " I'm thinking, "I've only seen Matrix Revolutions once, and will never watch it ever again. "

Angel, Grabs, People, Scene, Thinking, Ummm

I call it Inherent Twice because I am looking forward to seeing it again.

Looking Forward, Inherent, Seeing, Looking, Twice

The script and the performances and the style all clicked.

Clicked, Performances, Scripts, Style

Hot Fuzz in a strange way, for me, summons up the spirit of watching R-rated films that I was too young to watch. I was 14, 13 maybe, when Robocop came out. Seeing Robocop at my brother's friend's house, and not really supposed to be watching it, because it was [rated] 18 and I was 13. That mind-blowing experience, because not only is it a great film, but it feels illicit.

Brother, House, Maybe, Mind Blowing, Spirit, Way

I used to drink a lot of lager when I was younger, but I'm more of a wine drinker now, I guess. I feel daunted looking at full pints.

Daunted, Drink, Full, Guess, Used, Wine

I think when I was getting into directing, or wanting to be a director, when I was a teenager, the two films that really inspired me were Raising Arizona and Evil Dead II. And in the case of the former, I thought, "Wow. Why don't all comedies look like this?" And then as I started doing comedy, particularly when I started doing it on TV.

Comedies, Look, Teenager, Thinking, Two, Wow

I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.

Good, Kind, Pressure, Thinking, Worst

Just concentrate on the performers. Make sure you get the performers, and that's it. That's all we need to do. " And I was thinking, "Well what if you do both? Of course the performance is important, the writing is really important. But what if you could have the perfect marriage of making it look really slick as well?" I think that's kind of what I tried to develop as a style, and Spaced was the first TV show I did where all the elements came together.

Elements, Look, Style, Thinking, Tv Shows, Writing

When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.

College, Discovered, Hedgehog, Hedgehogs, Sega, Sonic The Hedgehog

The editing process, to use a slightly grim analogy, is like the slow suffocation of lots of babies. It's like, which finger do you want to cut off first?

Babies, Baby, Cut, Cutting, Editing, Process

I'm a big fan; I like all sorts of genres. I do like an occasion to just switch my brain off and enjoy some mindless carnage.

Bigs, Brain, Fan, Fans, Genres, Like

I came from another county. I spent 15 years in Wells, but I was treated like an outsider. It was like, "Oh, you're not local. "

Like, Local, Outsiders, Treated, Wells, Years