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 9,132,115 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Wright is the 1,111th most popular film director (down from 777th in 2019), the 3,756th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,742nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edgar Wrights by language

Over the past year Edgar Wright has had the most page views in the with 918,676 views, followed by French (60,570), and Russian (58,721). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (122.48%), Latin (74.17%), and Malagasy (72.84%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edgar Wright ranks 1,111 out of 2,041. Before him are Jonas Åkerlund, Pavel Lungin, Peter Del Monte, Willis H. O'Brien, Agustí Villaronga, and Monte Hellman. After him are Caleb Deschanel, Vladimir Naumov, Ali Hatami, Şerif Gören, Armand Gatti, and Brian Yuzna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Edgar Wright ranks 136. Before him are Christopher O'Neill, Adrian Ilie, Kily González, Tobias Menzies, Mladen Krstajić, and Kathryn Hahn. After him are Zhou Xun, Mr Lordi, Vanessa Blue, Mario Frick, Vampeta, and Dimitar Kovačevski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wright ranks 3,756 out of 8,785. Before him are Robin Dunbar (1947), Max Beerbohm (1872), Alex Salmond (1954), John Neville Keynes (1852), William Davenant (1606), and Ed Skrein (1983). After him are Peter Lorimer (1946), Ashley Young (1985), Benjamin Robins (1707), William Henry Young (1863), Herbert Marshall (1890), and Victor d'Arcy (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Edgar Wright ranks 85. Before him are John Alcott (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Gerry Anderson (1929), Freddie Francis (1917), Mark Herman (1954), and Joe Wright (1972). After him are John Grierson (1898), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Ivor Montagu (1904), Duncan Jones (1971), and Simon West (1961).

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Filmography

Baby Driver
Director
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Jun 28o 20177.449 / 10
Shaun of the Dead
Director
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Apr 9o 20047.54 / 10
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Aug 12o 20107.486 / 10