EDGAR WRIGHT - Director

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 169 - Edgar Wright - Director

Director Edgar Wright (THE RUNNING MAN, SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD, SHAUN OF THE DEAD) joins us in this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Edgar is responsible for one of our favourite films, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and we didn't miss the opportunity to ask as many questions about it as we could. He shares the film's connection to director Mike Leigh's (Season 1, Episode 76) work, and we learn how the film was developed during Edgar's free time while directing television at the BBC. We also learn how he got his first directing gig at the broadcaster at age 21, and he reveals the veteran crew members' reactions to discovering he wasn't a nepo baby. We later discuss his general approach to coverage, his strategy to pick up inserts, and how he protected his creative identity when he began shooting films for Hollywood. Plus, Edgar reveals why he decided to direct THE RUNNING MAN, and we learn how it differs from the previous adaptation.

Recommended Viewing: SHAUN OF THE DEAD

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Season 2 of the Team Deacons podcast,
0:07.0	a collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:21.9	This episode is sponsored by Aperture and its new Storm XT-52, the industry's most
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0:57.7	Today we're speaking with the director.
1:02.9	His credits include Sean of the Dead, Baby Driver, and Last Night in Soho.
1:05.5	We're pleased to welcome Edgar Wright.
1:07.1	Edgar, thank you for doing this. Yes, thanks for doing this.
1:08.8	Thanks for having me.
1:10.6	We'd love to ask you our first question, which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:14.6	Is this something you always wanted to do?
1:16.6	Did you follow another path or were you shooting movies since a kid?
1:21.6	Yeah.
1:22.6	What's your story?
1:23.6	You grew up in Wales in Somerset, right?
1:25.6	That's right.
1:26.6	Far from Hollywood. Not so far from where I grew up in Turkey in Somerset. That's right. That's right. Far from Hollywood.
1:27.9	Not so far from where I grew up in Turkey and South Devon, actually.
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