Joss Whedon
After receiving a degree in film studies from Wesleyan University, Whedon landed his first writing job on the staff of the top-rated series Roseanne. He later pulled double duty on the series Parenthood, co-producing and writing a number of episodes.
After creating Buffy as a feature film script, Whedon brought it to television in 1996, where it became a cult phenomenon. In 2000, Whedon garnered his first Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his groundbreaking episode entitled Hush. In 2002, he wrote, composed and directed a Broadway-style musical episode entitled Once More, With Feeling which received worldwide recognition and spawned an Original Cast Recording soundtrack, which sold more than 400,000 CDs worldwide. In a New York Times Magazine profile, Buffy was called "one of the most intelligent, and most underestimated, shows on television." The show won several awards over its run including, Emmys, Saturns, SFXs and a Hugo in its seventh and final season.
In 1998, Whedon developed and produced Angel through 20th Century Fox Television and his production company, Mutant Enemy. The Buffy spin-off gained a loyal following of its own and ran for five seasons on the WB. In 2002, he followed up with the critically acclaimed sci-fi drama Firefly for the Fox network. In addition to serving as creator and executive producer on Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Firefly, Whedon also wrote and directed multiple episodes of each series. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay with Disney's box-office smash Toy Story. His other feature writing credits include Titan A.E., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Speed, and Alien Resurrection. In fall 2005, Whedon made his feature directorial debut with Serenity, based on the Firefly series. Whedon's musical internet series titled Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog made its debut online in 2008 and became a smash success, winning numerous awards such as an Emmy win for Outstanding Special Class Short-Format Live Action Entertainment Program. Concurrently, Joss finished his second season, working as the creator, writer, and director of his Fox television series Dollhouse. Following Dollhouse, Whedon teamed up with fellow Dr. Horrible, Neil Patrick Harris, to direct an episode of Fox's critically acclaimed series, Glee.
In the fall of 2011 Whedon and his wife Kai Cole announced the formation of their micro-budget studio, Bellwether Pictures along with the completion of principal photography on the modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The studio's next project is an original script penned by Whedon entitled In Your Eyes.
Whedon is currently in post-production on The Avengers, Marvel's signature superhero ensemble, which Whedon wrote and directed and which will be released on May 4th, 2012. In addition to his television and feature writing, Whedon created Fray for Dark Horse comics, wrote Astonishing X-Men, Runaways for Marvel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 8 and 9 for Dark Horse Comics.
Joss Whedon Facts
| Occupation | Producer, Director, Writer |
| Birthday | June 23, 1964 (59) |
| Sign | Cancer |
Selected Filmography
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