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Joseph Hill Whedon ( / ˈwiːdən / WEE-dən; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 ...
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IMDb provides an extensive overview of Joss Whedon's life and career as a producer, writer and director of TV shows and movies. Learn about his family background, education, projects, achievements, trivia and more.
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Joss Whedon filmography. Whedon at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International. American screenwriter, director and producer Joss Whedon has generated numerous films and television series over the course of his career, [1] many of which have influenced popular culture and acquired " cult status ." [2]
Learn about the life and career of Joss Whedon, a successful TV and film writer and producer known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Avengers and more. Find out his family background, awards, trivia, quotes and controversies.
- June 23, 1964
- Television Work
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- Comic Books
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After moving to Los Angeles, Whedon got his first writing job on the television series Roseanne. After working on movie scripts for several years, he went back to television, where he created three television series. Joss has had Cameo appearances (brief 'fun' appearances) in his series Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. He has also been in an episode of V...
Whedon has written and helped write several movies including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Toy Story, Alien: Resurrection and Titan A.E.. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Toy Story's screenplay. He also wrote helped edit and rewrite the scripts of Speed, Waterworld, Twister and X-Men. Except for Speed, not much of Whedon's work stayed in the f...
Whedon has loved comic books all his life. He wrote the Dark Horse Comics series Fray. The story takes place in the far future of the Buffyverse. He was also involved with the Buffy comic book series. He wrote the main storyline of the five-issue mini-series Tales of the Vampires and three stories in the Tales of the Slayers. One of those stories w...
Feminism
Whedon sees himself as a feminist. Feminist themes are common in his work. The best example is what he says is his habit of writing about "teenage girls with superpowers". This is seen in Buffy, Firefly, and Serenity. Whedon says his mother is the reason for his feminist idea. When Roseanne Barrasked him how he could write so well for women, he replied, "If you met my mom, you wouldn't ask." The character Kitty Pryde from the X-Men comic was an early model for Whedon's strong teenage girl cha...
Homosexuality
Whedon is interested in the homosexual community. He is strongly for LGBT rights. In his works, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he has gay characters as both the major and the minor characters. In Buffy, he used scenes that suggested that either Xander Harris or Willow Rosenberg might be homosexual. At the time, he did not know which character he wanted to be gay. He decided that Willow would take part in a lesbian relationship with another young woman, fellow college student Tara Maclay....
Dialogue
The dialogue in Joss Whedon's series and movies is notable. It is often very witty and has many pop culture references. Some are easy to notice other are more difficult. He also likes to turn nouns into adjectives by adding a "y" at the end of the word ("Vampires are fangy"). According to one of the Buffywriters, "It's just the way that Joss actually talks."
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