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FILM DIRECTOR

Edgar Wright

1974 - Today

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Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker and actor. He 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. He began making independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Wright has received more than 9,192,062 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Edgar Wright is the 779th most popular film director (up from 926th in 2019), the 2,749th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,258th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edgar Wright ranks 779 out of 1,581. Before him are Joseph Vilsmaier, Corey Yuen, George Marshall, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Jerry Schatzberg, and František Vláčil. After him are Timothy Treadwell, Stuart Rosenberg, Álex de la Iglesia, Alex Proyas, Jean Becker, and Jack Cardiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Edgar Wright ranks 72. Before him are Hans-Jörg Butt, Mutassim Gaddafi, Jimmy Fallon, Misha Collins, Jenna Fischer, and Natasha Henstridge. After him are Hicham El Guerrouj, Jasmila Žbanić, Thure Lindhardt, Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, and Angela Gossow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wright ranks 2,749 out of 7,765. Before him are John Rutter (1945), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), Flora Robson (1902), Spencer Gore (1850), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), and Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847). After him are Arthur Waley (1889), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Jean Shrimpton (1942), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), and Ian Paisley (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wright ranks 62. Before him are Jack Clayton (1921), Stephen Daldry (1960), Sally Potter (1949), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Richard Marquand (1937), and Edmund Goulding (1891). After him are Jack Cardiff (1914), Mick Jackson (1943), Gerry Anderson (1929), Michael Winner (1935), Andrew Birkin (1945), and Jonathan Nolan (1976).

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Filmography

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