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Joseph Hill " Joss " Whedon * (; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter , executive producer , television director|director , comic book writer, occasional composer and actor , founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (TV series)|Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (TV series)|Firefly (2002) and Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse (2009–2010), as well as the short film '' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog '' (2008). Whedon wrote and directed the movie adaptation of Marvel's The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers which will be released in May 2012. He is also notable for his work in film, comic books, and online media. Many of Whedon's projects, as well as Whedon himself, enjoy Cult following|cult status .

Early life

Joss Whedon was born in New York City. He has been described as the world's first third-generation TV writer, as he is the son of Tom Whedon , a screenwriter for The Electric Company in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980s, and the grandson of John Whedon , a writer for The Donna Reed Show in the 1950s. filmreference.com His mother, Lee Stearns, taught history at Riverdale Country School as Lee Whedon, Riverdalian , (Riverdale Country School, the Bronx, yearbook), 1971, page 17; and 1972, page 22 and was an unpublished novelist. New York Times, p.September 2, 22 2002 Joss Whedon is the younger brother of Samuel and Matthew Whedon and older brother of writers Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon .Rochell D. Thomas. "Is Dollhouse a family affair? " TV Guide March 16, 2009; Page19

Whedon graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987. Before going to Wesleyan he spent two years at Winchester College in England. He attended Riverdale Country School in New York City where his mother taught history. At a young age he was a prolific writer, loved Monty Python and showed great interest in acting.

Career

Television work

Following a move to Los Angeles , Whedon secured his first writing job on the television series Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne . After working several years as a script doctor for films, he returned to television, where he created four TV shows.

Years after having his script for the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer produced, Whedon revived the concept as a television series of the same name. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer went on to become a critical and cult television|cult hit receiving an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series in 2000. Buffy ran for five seasons on The WB Television Network before being relocated to the UPN Network for its final two seasons. Angel (TV series)|Angel was a spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , featuring Buffy's vampire-with-a-soul ex-boyfriend as the title character. Debuting in September 1999 on the WB, Angel was broadcast following Buffy during its first two seasons. The WB canceled the show in February 2004 while it was in its fifth season.

In 2002, Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox canceled Firefly (TV series)|Firefly , after only 11 of 14 episodes were aired, many out of intended order. The original ninety-minute pilot (" Serenity (Firefly episode)|Serenity ") was aired last. After the cancellation, Whedon wrote the script for a Firefly movie, titled Serenity (film)|Serenity . In early 2004 Whedon announced that it had been green-light|greenlit by Universal Studios . It was widely released in the United States on September 30, 2005. In the DVD release, Whedon discusses how Serenity would not have been made if not for the dedication of the Browncoat s, fans of the series.

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. The show, Dollhouse (TV series)|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.

Whedon is also noted for his directing work in television, which includes two 2007 episodes of The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office (" Business School (The Office)|Business School " and " Branch Wars ") as well as a 2010 episode of the musical series Glee (TV series)|Glee (" Dream On (Glee)|Dream On ") in which he reunited with his '' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog '' star Neil Patrick Harris .

Although not an actor, he has made cameos in his own shows as well as others. He appeared as a newsreader in the Buffy season one episode, " I, Robot... You, Jane ". During the second season of Angel , he made a cameo appearance as the character Numfar under heavy makeup, where his entire role was to perform comical dances in " Through the Looking Glass (Angel)|Through the Looking Glass ". In Firefly , Whedon appeared as a guest at a funeral in the final produced episode, " The Message (Firefly)|The Message ". He made a brief appearance as an overbearing rental-car clerk in an episode of Veronica Mars , " Rat Saw God ", in 2005; Whedon is a vocal fan of Veronica Mars . He voiced himself in two episodes of Seth Green 's television series Robot Chicken titled "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" in 2007 and "Help Me" in 2008.

Feature films and video

Whedon wrote or co-wrote several film s, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Toy Story , Atlantis: The Lost Empire , Alien Resurrection and Titan A.E. . The song "My Lullaby" from '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride was written by him and Seattle native Scott Warrender. He was nominated (along with six other writers) for an Academy Awards|Academy Award for Toy Story s screenplay .

He also wrote uncredited drafts or rewrites of Speed (1994 film)|Speed , Waterworld , Twister (1996 film)|Twister and X-Men (film)|X-Men , although in interviews, Whedon disowned the latter three films. He claimed that he had a good script for Alien Resurrection , which he felt was spoiled by its director Jean-Pierre Jeunet .Interview for SFX magazine His Waterworld script was thrown out , and only two of his lines were kept in the final script of X-Men . Even the Buffy movie bore little resemblance to his original screenplay. According to Graham Yost , the credited writer of Speed , Whedon wrote most of its dialogue.
He wrote and directed 2005's Serenity (film)|Serenity , based on his television series Firefly (TV series)|Firefly . Serenity won the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form . Beginning in January 2006, fans (with Universal's blessing) began organizing worldwide charity screenings called "Can't Stop the Serenity" (CSTS), a play on a line in the film: "You can't stop the signal", to benefit Equality Now , a human rights organization supported by Joss Whedon. Over $500,000 has been raised for Equality Now since 2006. As of May 1, 2011, 45 cities were registered for CSTS 2011 in 6 countries and 24 U.S. states.

In November 2008, Whedon guest starred in the premiere episode of The Write Environment , a direct to DVD series featuring in-depth, candid one-on-one interviews with some of TV's most prolific and well known series creator/writers.

Whedon wrote a horror film titled The Cabin in the Woods with Drew Goddard which finished production in 2009. The film was produced by MGM, but once the studio went bankrupt, the film was held back indefinitely. It was finally given a release date of April 13, 2012 and will be distributed by Lionsgate. Goddard directed the Whedon-produced film, which stars Bradley Whitford , Chris Hemsworth , Fran Kranz and Richard Jenkins .

In April 2010, it was confirmed that Whedon will direct The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers , a live-action adaptation of the Marvel Comics superhero team Avengers (comics)|of the same name . The film will be released on May 4, 2012.

On October 24, 2011, Bellwether Pictures confirmed they had completed principal photography on an Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film)|adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play Much Ado About Nothing , which is directed and produced by Joss Whedon. It was filmed in 12 days in Santa Monica. Whedon is also the writer and producer of the upcoming paranormal romance film In Your Eyes . It is the second feature film under production by Bellwether Pictures.

Comic books

Whedon, a lifelong comic book fan, is the author of the Dark Horse Comics miniseries Fray which takes place in the far future of the Buffyverse . Whedon returned to the world of Fray during the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight arc, " Time of Your Life (Buffy comic)|Time of Your Life ".

Like many other authors from the Buffy TV show, he also contributed to the show's comic book version: he wrote three stories in the anthology Tales of the Slayers (including one featuring Melaka Fray from Fray ) and also the main storyline of the five-issue miniseries Tales of the Vampires .

The three-issue miniseries Serenity: Those Left Behind , based on the Firefly series and leading up to the film Serenity , was released June through August 2005. Co-written with Brett Matthews and pencilled by Will Conrad , the first issue featured covers drawn by John Cassaday , J. G. Jones , and Bryan Hitch , as well as other artists for the second and third issues. The first two issues went to a second printing. The trade paperback featured a new cover by acclaimed painter Adam Hughes .

A second three-issue Serenity miniseries Serenity: Better Days , was released in March, April, and May 2008. "Better Days" reunites Whedon, Matthews, Conrad, and Adam Hughes, who will provide all three covers. The three covers form a larger panorama of the ship's crew. "Better Days" is set before "Those Left Behind", and features the full crew of Serenity. A trade paperback featuring a cover by Jo Chen was released in October 2008.

Whedon and others have mentioned that more Serenity comics are planned for the near future, and will be based in the Firefly continuation of the series, including one about Shepherd Book.Allie, Scott (March 2008). Transmissions from the Cortex . In Whedon, Joss & Matthews, Brett, Serenity: Better Days #1 . Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics. Likewise, Whedon and other former Buffy writers have released a new ongoing Buffy which takes place after the series finale " Chosen (Buffy episode)|Chosen ", which he officially recognizes as the canon (fiction)|canonical " Buffy the Vampire Slayer season eight|Season 8 ". The first issue was released on March 14, 2007 by Dark Horse Comics . Following the success of issue one of Buffy season eight, IDW Publishing approached Whedon about similarly producing a canonical Angel Season 6.DiLullo, Tara, "Pieces of Eight", from Buffyverse Magazines (UK)|The Official Buffy & Angel Magazine #93 (UK, April/May 2007), page 23-24. Angel: After the Fall has 14 issues published as of November 19, 2008 with 3 more to come following the adventures of Angel and his team after the TV series ended, where the title of the series will then change to Angel: Aftermath . Although Whedon has not had the time to write the series, he has served as executive producer with Brian Lynch, writing the season 6 story.

Whedon wrote Astonishing X-Men in Marvel Comics ' popular line of comics about the X-Men but finished his 24 issue run in 2008 and handed over the writing reins to Warren Ellis . The title, recreated specifically for Whedon, has been one of Marvel's best-selling comics as of 2006 and was nominated for several Eisner Award s including Best Serialized Story, Best Continuing Series, Best New Series and Best Writer, winning the Eisner Award#Best Continuing Series|Best Continuing Series award in 2006. One storyline from this comic, the notion of a cure for mutation being found, was also an element in the third X-Men film, X-Men: The Last Stand . Whedon also introduced several new characters into the Marvel Universe such as the villainous Ord (comics)|Ord , X-Men Blindfold (comics)|Ruth "Blindfold" Aldine and Armor (comics)|Hisako "Armor" Ichiki , Runaway Klara Prast and Abigail Brand|Special Agent Abigail Brand , along with S.W.O.R.D. (comics)|S.W.O.R.D. , the organization she commands.

Whedon is the second writer of the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite Marvel comic Runaways (comics)|Runaways , taking over after series creator Brian K. Vaughan completed his run. Whedon had been a fan of the series for some time, and had a letter published in the first volume, which was included in the Volume 1 hardcover.

Whedon's other comic-related work includes writing the introduction to Identity Crisis (DC Comics)|Identity Crisis trade paperback and a contribution to the "jam issue" Superman/Batman|Superman/Batman #26 (to date his only published work for DC Comics ), writing short pieces for Marvel's Stan Lee Meets Superheroes|Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man and Giant-Size X-Men #3 and also being the subject of an issue of Marvel Spotlight (alongside artist Michael Lark ). He contributed as part of a panel of writers to Marvel Comics' Civil War (comics)| Civil War crossover event, lending advice in how to tell the story and how to end it.

In February 2009, Astonishing X-Men #6, which depicted the return of Colossus (comics)|Colossus to the title, and concluded Whedon's first story arc on that title, was named by Marvel Comics readers the #65 in Marvel's Top 70 Comics of all time.

Online media

In 2005 he released a series of online shorts titled the R. Tam sessions , starring himself and Summer Glau , which served as a form of viral marketing for Serenity (film)|Serenity . In 2007, he launched a free webcomic , titled Sugarshock! hosted on Dark Horse comic's Myspace page.

In March 2008, Whedon teamed up with his brothers Zack Whedon and Jed Whedon , along with Jed's then- fiancée Maurissa Tancharoen to write, compose and produce the musical superhero spoof, '' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog . The musical stars Neil Patrick Harris , Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day . Whedon conceived of Dr. Horrible over the year before and production took place over seven days during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild strike . The project was freely available online from July 15 until July 20. In August, Whedon released a new Serenity/Firefly comic free online Serenity: The Other Half''. In September, ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' Soundtrack, made the top 40 Album list despite being a digital exclusive only available on iTunes. The Soundtrack was successful enough to pay its crew and all its bills. November 29, 2008

In February 2009, he stated that after his series Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse is over, whether by cancellation or reaching its end, that he plans on putting his efforts purely into on-line content like Dr. Horrible . In the Dr. Horrible bonus feature Commentary& #33; The Musical! , Joss sings the song "Heart (Broken)" about the crippling scrutiny and commercialisation of producing fiction for a modern consumer audience.

Unrealized projects

Whedon had a number of planned television Undeveloped Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoffs|projects that have become stuck in development or terminally stalled. Among these was a Buffy the Animated Series| Buffy animated series , a set of made-for-television movies for The WB based on Angel and Buffy characters, and Ripper (television)#Ripper|Ripper , a proposed BBC pilot about Rupert Giles . Ripper was announced to be in development at the San Diego Comic-Con 2007. The development process was set to begin in 2008 and Ripper to be shown that summer but the pilot has not materialized yet due to characters rights.

Early in his career Whedon sold two spec script s that have not yet been produced, Suspension and Afterlife . He sold Suspension for $750,000 with an additional $250,000 if production commences. It has been described as " Die Hard on a bridge." A year later in 1994 he sold Afterlife for $1.5 million with an additional $500,000 if production commences. As of 2000 Andy Tennant was in talks to direct and rewrite. In Afterlife are precursors to many of the themes Whedon would later explore in Dollhouse . The script is about Daniel Hoffstetter, a government scientist, who awakes after dying to discover his mind has been imprinted on a mind-wiped body.

Whedon had been signed to write and direct Warner Bros. ' adaptation of Wonder Woman but on February 3, 2007, Whedon announced that he would no longer be involved with the project. "We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time."

Late in 2009, Whedon made a humorous bid of $10,000 for control of future Terminator (franchise)|Terminator material. He was rebuffed at that time and it is not known if he has plans to attempt this again.

Goners

Goners was announced in 2005. According to Variety (magazine)|Variety magazine, it is a fantasy Thriller (genre)|thriller under development by Universal Pictures , and is to be produced by Mary Parent and Scott Stuber . However, according to Whedon's latest comments, the script is still in rewrites and has not been greenlit for production.

When asked about the film itself during an interview, Whedon said:

From an interview with Fanboy Radio :

Common themes and motifs in Whedon's works

Feminism

Whedon identifies himself as a feminism|feminist and gives his mother, Lee Stearns, credit for inspiring his feminist worldview. When Roseanne Barr asked 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 comics was an early model for Whedon's strong teenage girl characters: "If there's a bigger influence on Buffy than Kitty, I don't know what it was. She was an adolescent girl finding out she has great power and dealing with it." Kitty Pryde was one of the main characters in Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men .

Whedon was honored at an Equality Now benefit in 2006: "Honoring Men on the Front Lines", and his fans raised a considerable amount of money in support of the organization.

Dialogue

The dialogue in Joss Whedon's shows and movies usually involves pop culture references both notable and obscure, and the turning of nouns into adjectives by adding a "y" at the end of the word ("listy"). According to one of the Buffy writers, "It's just the way that Joss actually talks." Buffy Season 4 DVD Commentary, Season 3 DVD featurette.

Whedon also heavily favors the suffix -age (Linkage, Lurkage, Poofage, Postage, Scrollage, Slayage). Also, phrasal verb s usually ending with "out" are changed into direct verbs, for example "freak" rather than "freak out", "bail" rather than "bail out", or "hang" rather than "hang out". Whedon also tends to change adjectives into nouns such as "happy", "shiny" (positive thing), "bad" (mistake), "funny" (joke) – for example, a character may say "I made a funny" instead of "I made a joke". So many of Whedon's altered usages, new words, and heavily popularized words have entered the common usage that Public Broadcasting Service|PBS in their article series "Do You Speak American" included an entire section on " Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon|Slayer Slang ".

In an issue of Buffy Season Eight where Buffy travels to the future, Whedon writes Buffy's reaction to the future dialect of Manhattan; this allows Whedon to comment on Buffy s distinctive style of dialogue. "Buffy blames herself for what's happened to the English language , and there's a lot of hubris in that joke. I like to think that adding Y's to words that don't usually have Y's is going to destroy the whole fabric of our society."

Spiritual and philosophical beliefs

Whedon has identified himself as an atheism|atheist on multiple occasions. When interviewed by The AV Club on October 9, 2002, Whedon answered the question "Is there a God? " with one word: "No." The interviewer followed up with: "That's it, end of story, no? " Whedon answered: "Absolutely not. That's a very important and necessary thing to learn." In one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy DVD commentaries, Whedon comments that "I don't believe in the 'sky bully'", referring to God under a name coined by his colleague Tim Minear . Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs| Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD series , episode 5.16 ( The Body (Buffy episode)|The Body ), commentary by Whedon. In addition, during a question and answer session found on the Serenity (film)|Serenity DVD with fans of the Firefly (TV series)|Firefly series at Fox Studios in Sydney, he identifies himself as an atheist and absurdism|absurdist .

Whedon has also spoken about existentialism . On the Firefly (TV series)|Firefly DVD set, Whedon explains in detail how existentialism, and more specifically the book Nausea (novel)|Nausea , by Jean-Paul Sartre, was used as a basis for the episode " Objects in Space ". Firefly DVD series, episode 14 ( Objects in Space ), commentary by Whedon. On this commentary he claimed interest in existential ideas and described the impact of Nausea on his early life.

Whedon also identifies himself as a humanism|humanist . In April 2009, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard presented Whedon with the 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.

Frequent casting

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Television credits

Series	Episode number	Title	Credit	Original air date
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	1.01	" Welcome to the Hellmouth "	Writer	March 10, 1997
	1.02	The Harvest "	Writer	March 10, 1997
	1.10	Nightmares "	Story (teleplay by David Greenwalt )	May 12, 1997
	1.11	" Out of Mind, Out of Sight "	Story (teleplay by Ashley Gable and Thomas A. Swyden)	May 19, 1997
	1.12	" Prophecy Girl "	Writer/ director	June 2, 1997
	2.01	" When She Was Bad "	Writer/ director	September 15, 1997
	2.03	" School Hard "	Story (with David Greenwalt, teleplay by David Greenwalt)	September 29, 1997
	2.07	Lie to Me "	Writer/ director	November 3, 1997
	2.11	Ted "	Co-writer (with David Greenwalt)	December 8, 1997
	2.14	Innocence "	Writer/ director	January 19, 1998
	2.21	Becoming (Part 1) "	Writer/ director	May 12, 1998
	2.22	Becoming (Part 2) "	Writer/ director	May 19, 1998
	3.01	Anne "	Writer/ director	September 29, 1998
	3.10	" Amends "	Writer/ director	December 15, 1998
	3.16	" Doppelgangland "	Writer/ director	February 23, 1999
	3.21	Graduation Day (Part 1) "	Writer/ director	May 18, 1999
	3.22	Graduation Day (Part 2) "	Writer/ director	July 13, 1999
	4.01	The Freshman "	Writer/ director	October 5, 1998
	4.10	Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)>Hush "	Writer/ director	December 14, 1999
	4.16	Who Are You "	Writer/ director	February 29, 2000
	4.22	Restless "	Writer/ director	May 23, 2000
	5.06	Family "	Writer/ director	November 7, 2000
	5.16	The Body "	Writer/ director	February 27, 2001
	5.22	The Gift "	Writer/ director	May 22, 2001
	6.07	Once More, with Feeling "	Writer/ director/ composer/ lyricist	November 6, 2001
	7.01	Lessons "	Writer	September 24, 2001
	7.07	" Conversations with Dead People "	Co-writer, uncredited (with Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard ; Marti Noxon , uncredited)	November 12, 2001
	7.22	Chosen "	Writer/ director	May 20, 2003
Angel	1.01	" City Of "	Co-writer (with David Greenwalt)/ director	October 5, 1999
	1.04	I Fall to Pieces "	Story (with David Greenwalt, teleplay by David Greenwalt)	October 26, 1999
	1.19	Sanctuary "	Co-writer (with Tim Minear )	May 6, 2000
	2.01	Judgment "	Story (with David Greenwalt, teleplay by David Greenwalt)	September 26, 2000
	2.04	Untouched "	Director	October 17, 2001
	2.13	Happy Anniversary "	Story (with David Greenwalt, teleplay by David Greenwalt)	February 6, 2001
	3.13	Waiting in the Wings "	Writer/ director	February 6, 2002
	4.06	Spin the Bottle "	Writer/ director	November 10, 2002
	5.01	Conviction "	Writer/ director	October 1, 2003
	5.14	" Smile Time "	Story (with Ben Edlund , teleplay by Ben Edlund)	February 18, 2004
	5.15	" A Hole in the World "	Writer/ director	February 16, 2004
	5.22	Not Fade Away "	Co-writer (with Jeffrey Bell )	May 19, 2004
Firefly	1.01	Serenity (Firefly episode)>Serenity "	Writer/ director	December 20, 2002
	1.02	" The Train Job "	Co-writer (with Tim Minear)/ director	September 20, 2002
	1.06	" Our Mrs. Reynolds "	Writer	October 4, 2002
	1.12	The Message (Firefly)>The Message "	Co-writer (with Tim Minear)	July 15, 2003
	1.14	" Objects in Space "	Writer/ director	December 13, 2002
Dollhouse	1.00	Echo "	Writer/ director	n/ a
	1.01	Ghost "	Writer/ director	February 13, 2009
	1.06	Man on the Street "	Writer	March 20, 2009
	1.13	" Epitaph One "	Story (teleplay by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen )	n/ a
	2.01	Vows "	Writer/ director	September 25, 2002

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Screenwriter	Director	Producer	Notes
1992	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)	yes
1994	The Getaway (1994 film)	yes			co-writer (uncredited)
1994	Speed (1994 film)	yes			co-writer (uncredited)
1995	Waterworld	yes			co-writer (uncredited)
1995	Toy Story	yes			co-writer
1997	Alien Resurrection	yes			align="left"
2000	Titan A.E.	yes			co-writer
2000	X-Men (film)	yes			treatment (uncredited)
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	yes			treatment
2005	Serenity (film)	yes	yes		align="left"
2011	Thor (film)		yes		post-credits scene (uncredited)
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	yes			co-writer (uncredited)
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	yes		yes	co-writer
	The Avengers (2012 film)	yes	yes		align="left"
	Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film)	yes	yes	yes	align="left"
TBA	In Your Eyes	yes		yes	in development

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Screenwriter	Director	Producer	Notes
1989–1990	Roseanne (TV series)	yes			writer , story editor
1990	Parenthood (1990 TV series)	yes		yes	co-producer
1997–2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)	yes	yes	yes	creator , executive producer
1999–2004	Angel (TV series)	yes	yes	yes	co-creator , executive producer
2002	Firefly (TV series)	yes	yes	yes	creator , executive producer
2004	Buffy the Animated Series	yes		yes	(unaired) co-creator , executive producer
2007	The Office (U.S. TV series)		yes		Episodes directed: " Business School (The Office)
2009–2010	Dollhouse (TV series)	yes	yes	yes	creator , executive producer
2010	Glee (TV series)		yes		Episode directed: " Dream On (Glee)

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Screenwriter	Director	Producer	Notes
2005	R. Tam sessions	yes	yes	yes	cameo appearance
2008	'' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	yes	yes	yes	co-creator , executive producer , music and lyrics

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Award category	Title of work	Result
1995	Academy Award	Best Writing (Original Screenplay)	Toy Story	nom
1996	Saturn Award	Best Writing	Toy Story	nom
2000	Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)>Hush "	nom
2001	Nebula Award	Best Script	The Body "	nom
2002	Nebula Award	Best Script	Once More, with Feeling "	nom
2003	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	Waiting in the Wings "	nom
2003	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	Serenity (Firefly episode)>Serenity "	nom
2004	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	Chosen "	nom
2004	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	The Message (Firefly)>The Message " (shared with Tim Minear )	nom
2005	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	Not Fade Away " (shared with Jeffrey Bell )	nom
	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	" Smile Time " (shared with Ben Edlund )	nom
	Nebula Award	Best Script	Serenity (film)>Serenity	won
2006	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form	Serenity	won
	Prometheus Award	Special Award	Serenity	won
	Eisner Award	Best Continuing Series	Astonishing X-Men (shared with John Cassaday )	won
2008	Eisner Award	Best New Series	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight (shared with Brian K. Vaughan , Georges Jeanty , and Andy Owens )	won
2008	Eisner Award	Best Digital Comic	Sugarshock! (shared with Fábio Moon )	won
2009	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	'' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	won
	Emmy Award	Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-action Entertainment Program	''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	won
	Streamy Award	Best Directing in a Comedy Series	''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	won
	Streamy Award	Best Writing in a Comedy Series	''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (shared with Maurissa Tancharoen , Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon )	won
	Hugo Award	Best Graphic Story	Serenity: Better Days (shared with Brett Matthews , Will Conrad, Michelle Madsen, and Jo Chen )	nom
	Cultural Humanism Award	Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism	Cultural humanism	won
2010	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form	" Epitaph One " (shared with Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon )	nom

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