Edgar Wright: A Famous Film Writer

On April 18, 1974, in the small city of Poole of the United Kingdom, Edgar Wright was born. During his teen years Edgar would direct short films with an old camera he recieved from a close family member as a gift. As his love for the film industry grew, so did his name in the film industry. As a teen he entered in the Going Live film competition and won first place recieving a high end camcorder as a reward. From that moment forward his film life took off. In 1993 Edgar directed, wrote, produced, and even acted in his first big film, Dead Right. Two years after producing Dead Right, Edgar Wright produced A Fist Full of Fingers . In 2004, Edgar introduced the romantic zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead. Edgar wrote, directed, and acted in this film that produced a total of $30,039,392 in box office reciepts. Total film magazine rated Shaun of the dead the 49th greatest British film of all time, and in 2005, the film was rated number three for best comedy of all time by a Channel 4 poll. Today, Edgar Wright continues his life as a film director and writer and plans to direct many more films throughout his career.

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