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Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. 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 first made independent short films before making his first feature film, A Fistful of Fingers, in 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. In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man in 2015, which Wright intended to direct but abandoned, citing creative differences. He has also written and directed the action film Baby Driver (2017), the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (both 2021).
Edgar Wright
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for Director in The Simpsons: Nuclear Family
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In the bizarre, hyper-real town of Springfield, life for the Simpson family is a comfortable cycle of chaos until Homer, in a moment of profound laziness at the Nuclear Power Plant, accidentally causes an environmental incident that threatens to make the town's perpetually-on-fire tire yard look like a nature preserve. Seizing the opportunity, the villainous Mr. Burns deflects all blame onto his oafish employee, launching a sinister "Go Greener" corporate campaign that is secretly a front to dump nuclear waste directly into Springfield's water supply. With Homer becoming the most hated man in town overnight, the family is ostracized, their iconic pink sedan egged, and their very foundation shaken. Forced into action, the family must unite to clear Homer's name and save their home. Marge channels her repressed anxiety into a one-woman crusade for the truth, armed with coupons and common sense. Lisa, embracing her role as the lone voice of reason, uncovers the scientific proof of Burns's treachery, while Bart's campaign of anarchic pranks against the town's new corporate overlords inadvertently exposes the conspiracy's weak points. It all leads to a frantic, slapstick showdown where Homer must finally choose between his own self-preservation and the dysfunctional, deeply flawed town he begrudgingly calls home.
