Simon Pegg is a director.
Edgar Howard Wright ( born 18 April 1974 ) is an English director , screenwriter , producer , and actor . Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British horror comedy film directed by Edgar Wright , written by Wright and Simon Pegg , and starring Pegg and Nick Frost . Simon John Pegg ( né Beckingham ; born 14 February 1970 ) is an English actor , comedian , screenwriter , and producer .