Born in Dorset, England, in 1974. He attended Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and graduated in audio-visual design. Wright began his career with the low budget feature A Fistful of Fingers (1995) and directing and writing television series. Made the feature films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The World`s End (2013) and Baby Driver (2017).