Joss Whedon

Born: June 23, 1964

Screenwriter Joss Whedon earned fame and industry standing as the writer, director, and producer of the popular WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which he based on his 1992 film of the same name. A third-generation television writer (both his father and grandfather wrote for the medium), Whedon grew up in Manhattan and spent his high school years at an all-boys school in England. Following higher education at Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he spent a year mired in creative and career frustration, an ordeal that ended when he was hired as a writer for the sitcom Roseanne.

Whedon stayed with the show for a year, quitting when he sold his first film script. The resulting movie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), was a disappointment, and Whedon subsequently found work writing (often in an uncredited capacity) for a number of high-profile films, including the lavishly praised and hugely popular Toy Story (1995). In 1997, Whedon resurrected his story of a teenaged vampire-slaying valley girl, creating the much more popular TV version; within a short time, the series was hailed as one of the best on television, and it had accumulated a large and loyal fan base. That same year, Whedon wrote the script for Alien Resurrection. In 1999, as a measure of Buffy's success, Whedon created Angel, a spin-off of his original show. Like Buffy, it soon boasted a loyal fan base, as well as largely favorable reviews. The next year, he co-wrote the script for the animated sci-fi adventure Titan A.E. He was also nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the almost entirely silent Buffy episode "Hush," a considerable achievement given the show's supernatural/fantasy bent and the fact that it did not air on a major network.

In 2002, Whedon created yet another TV series, this time a "sci-fi Western" called Firefly. The showed was short-lived, lasting only 12 episodes before being canceled (three more episodes were unaired but eventually released on DVD). The next year saw the final season of Whedon's much-loved Buffy, which had lasted seven seasons, with Angel quick to follow suit. Though fans rallied to keep the series on the air, Angel was canceled in 2004 after five seasons. With fans mourning the end of the "Buffy-verse" and amidst rampant speculation of more spin-offs, Whedon surprisingly announced that his next project would be a movie version of his failed television show Firefly. He quickly had a script ready, and the film, entitled Serenity (after the spaceship from the series), went into production that same year and was released in 2005.

In late 2007, Eliza Dushku, with whom Whedon worked on Buffy and Angel, met over lunch to discuss possible ideas for a series for her to star in and came up with an idea which excited both of them.[16] The show, Dollhouse, was announced by Fox in November 2008 to begin airing on February 13, 2009. Dollhouse was canceled after two seasons due to low ratings.



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Joss Whedon - what members say

Joss Whedon - filmography

5 most recent films

Avengers Assemble - 4.5 stars
Avengers Assemble - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Firefly - The Complete Series - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Avengers Assemble - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Avengers Assemble - 4.5 stars
Veronica Mars - The Complete Second Season - 4.5 stars
Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Serenity - 3.5 stars
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Best Of Buffy - 3.5 stars
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Spike - 3.5 stars
Serenity - HD - 3.5 stars
Serenity - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sarah Michelle Gellar - 56 times - show films
Alyson Hannigan - 50 times - show films
Nicholas Brendon - 49 times - show films
Charisma Carpenter - 35 times - show films
Anthony Stewart Head - 26 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tim Minear - 29 times - show films
Vondie Curtis-Hall - 29 times - show films
John T. Kretchmer - 24 times - show films
David Grossman - 15 times - show films
Charles Martin Smith - 15 times - show films