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Born | Joseph Hill Whedon June 23, 1964 New York City, New York, U.S. I would like to thank joss whedon for creating such wonderful tv show and buffy and angel and thank you for casting such great actors jennifer hodgkinson uk derbyshire ripley |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television director, executive producer, composer, actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Kai Cole[1] |
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Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon[5] (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈwiːdən/;[6] born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, occasional composer and actor, and founder of Mutant Enemy Productions. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002) and 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 which will be released in the summer of 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 a cult status.[7]
Early life
Whedon was born in New York City. He has been described as the world's first third-generation TV writer,[8] as he is the son of Tom Whedon, a successful 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.[9] His mother, Lee Stearns, taught history at Riverdale Country School as Lee Whedon,[10] and was a novelist.[11] Joss Whedon is the younger brother of Samuel and Matthew Whedon and older brother of writers Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon.[12]
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.[citation needed] At a young age he was a prolific writer, loved Monty Python and showed great interest in acting. He was the lead role in an original production called 'Spaghetti Island' at Riverdale.[citation needed]
Career
Television work
Following a move to Los Angeles, Whedon secured his first writing job on the television series Roseanne. After working several years as a script doctor for films, he returned to television, where he created four TV shows.
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Years after having his script for the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer produced, Whedon revived the concept as a television series of the same name. Buffy the Vampire Slayer went on to become a critical and 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 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 canceled Firefly, after only 11 of 14 episodes were aired, many out of intended order. The original ninety-minute pilot ("Serenity") was aired last. After the cancellation, Whedon wrote the script for a Firefly movie, titled Serenity. In early 2004 Whedon announced that it had been 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 Browncoats, 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.[13] 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.
Whedon is also noted for his directing work in television, which includes two 2007 episodes of The Office ("Business School" and "Branch Wars"[14]) as well as a 2010 episode of the musical series Glee ("Dream On") in which he reunited with his Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog star Neil Patrick Harris.[15]
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". In Firefly, Whedon appeared as a guest at a funeral in the final produced episode, "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 films, including 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 Award for Toy Story's screenplay.[16]
He also wrote uncredited drafts or rewrites of Speed, Waterworld, Twister and X-Men, although in interviews, Whedon disowned the latter three films. [citation needed]He claimed that he had a good script for Alien Resurrection, which he felt was spoiled by its director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.[17] His Waterworld script was thrown out [citation needed], and only two of his lines were kept in the final script of X-Men.[18] Even the Buffy movie bore little resemblance to his original screenplay.[19] According to Graham Yost, the credited writer of Speed, Whedon wrote most of its dialogue.[citation needed]
He wrote and directed 2005's Serenity, based on his television 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 of Serenity[20] called "Can't Stop the Serenity" (CSTS) to benefit Equality Now, a human rights organization supported by Joss Whedon. Over $500,000 has been raised for Equality Now since 2006.[21] As of May 1, 2011, 45 cities were registered for CSTS 2011 in 6 countries and 24 U.S. states.[22]
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.[23]
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.[24] Goddard directed the Whedon produced film which stars Bradley Whitford, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz and Richard Jenkins.[25]
In April 2010, it was confirmed that Whedon will direct The Avengers, a live-action adaptation of the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.[26]. The film will be released on May 4th, 2012 - two weeks after The Cabin in the Woods.
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".[27]
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.[28][29][30] Likewise, Whedon and other former Buffy writers have released a new ongoing Buffy which takes place after the series finale "Chosen", which he officially recognizes as the canonical "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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33]
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 Awards including Best Serialized Story, Best Continuing Series, Best New Series and Best Writer, winning the 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, X-Men Ruth "Blindfold" Aldine and Hisako "Armor" Ichiki, Runaway Klara Prast and Special Agent Abigail Brand, along with S.W.O.R.D., the organization she commands.
Whedon is the second writer of the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite Marvel comic Runaways, taking over after series creator Brian K. Vaughan completed his run.[34] 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 trade paperback and a contribution to the "jam issue" Superman/Batman #26 (to date his only published work for DC Comics), writing short pieces for Marvel's 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 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 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.[35]
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. In 2007, he launched a free webcomic, titled Sugarshock! hosted on Dark Horse comic's Myspace page.[36]
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 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.[37] In September, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack, made the top 40 Album list despite being a digital exclusive only available on iTunes.[38] The Soundtrack was successful enough to pay its crew and all its bills.[39]
In February 2009, he stated that after his 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.[40] In the Dr. Horrible bonus feature Commentary! 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 projects that have become stuck in development or terminally stalled. Among these was a Buffy animated series, a set of made-for-television movies for The WB based on Angel and Buffy characters, and 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.[41]
Early in his career Whedon sold two spec scripts that have not yet been produced, Suspension and Afterlife. He sold Suspension for $750,000 with an additional $250,000 if production commences.[42] 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.[43] 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.[44]
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."[45]
Late in 2009, Whedon made a humorous bid of $10,000 for control of future Terminator material.[46] He was rebuffed at that time and it is not known if he has plans to attempt this again.
Goners
Goners is an upcoming supernatural horror thriller from Joss Whedon. It was announced on September 23, 2005.
According to Variety magazine, Goners is a fantasy thriller under development by Universal Pictures, and is to be produced by Mary Parent and Scott Stuber.[47]
According to Whedon's latest comments, the script is still in rewrites and has not been greenlit for production.[48]
In an interview with the Suicide Girls website,[49] when asked about the film itself, Whedon said:
It is a fantasy thriller, it is pretty dark and it’s all me. So people will pretty much know what that means if they look at my body of work. But it’s a new universe set in the present day with a new concept for me and a new bunch of characters. It’s been a long time since I got to do that, so that’s really fun.
From an interview with Fanboy Radio:[50]
I've been seeing a lot of horror movies that are torture-porn, where kids we don't care about are mutilated for hours, and I just cannot abide them... it's an antidote to that very kind of film, the horror movie with the expendable human beings in it. Because I don't believe any human beings are.
"Goners is a movie with a lot of beautiful inspirational human stuff but it's also a horror movie. Ultimately it's about a darker place in all of us." - Rope of Silicon[51]
"It's the story of a young woman's journey that involves a great deal of horror and some heroics." - Variety[47]
"It's a completely new work that does take place in the modern world. Needless to say, slightly left of center. It's a different adventure, and it's kind of a horror film. It's dark. It's not nihilistic, but there's a very ugly side to humanity going on in it. It takes place in the modern world, it's just a part of the modern world most people don't get to see." - The Fandom[52]
"It takes place now, so I don't have to build a universe, but it's not a movie without fantasy." - ComingSoon[53]
"What I will say is that it ventures more into the horrific than I normally tend to." - Empire Online[54]
"More in the Buffy-mode of discovering strength than in the sense of, "I've had strength for so long that I'm losing my sense of people who don't." - Film Focus[55]
At a Q&A session at the Sydney Opera House on August 29, Joss mentioned that the main character of Goners was named Mia, and that after directing the upcoming The Avengers movie, he would still be keen to be involved with the project.
Common themes and motifs in Whedon's works
Feminism
Whedon identifies himself as a 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."[56]
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."[57] 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",[58] and his fans raised a considerable amount of money in support of the organization.[59]
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."[60]
Whedon also heavily favors the suffix -age (Linkage, Lurkage, Poofage, Postage, Scrollage, Slayage).[61] Also, phrasal verbs 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".[citation needed] Another common phrase used in most of Whedon's shows is "safe as houses." So many of Whedon's altered usages, new words, and heavily popularized words have entered the common usage that PBS in their article series "Do You Speak American" included an entire section on "Slayer Slang".[62]
Spiritual and philosophical beliefs
Whedon has identified himself as an 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."[63] In one of the 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.[64] In addition, during a question and answer session found on the Serenity DVD with fans of the Firefly series at Fox Studios in Sydney, he identifies himself as an atheist and absurdist.
Whedon has also spoken about existentialism. On the Firefly DVD set, Whedon explains in detail how existentialism, and more specifically the book Nausea, by Jean-Paul Sartre, was used as a basis for the episode "Objects in Space".[65] 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 humanist. In April 2009, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard presented Whedon with the 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.[66]
Frequent casting
Whedon often casts certain actors and actresses in more than one of his projects.
- The main actors from Buffy the Vampire Slayer portray the same characters on Angel.
- Actors that appear both in Firefly and Serenity portray the same character.
- Brian Thompson is not included in this list due to his involvement solely on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, however he does portray two completely different characters in the series, Luke (season 1) and the Judge (season 2).
- Jeff Kober also portrays two different characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Zackary Kralik (season 3), and the warlock Rack (season 6)
Frequent collaborators
Whedon is well known for hiring the same actors in multiple roles but he also often uses certain writers, directors, producers and crew members throughout the production of his many shows and movies.
Writers
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) | Angel (1999–2004) | Firefly (2002) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) | Dollhouse (2009–2010) | The Cabin in the Woods (2012) | episodes | projects | |
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain[102][103] | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||||
Steven S. DeKnight[104] | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 3 | |||
Ben Edlund[105] | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
Jane Espenson[106] | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4 | ||
David Fury[107] | 17 | 12 | 29 | 2 | ||||
Drew Goddard[108] | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | |||
David Greenwalt[109] | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | ||||
Tim Minear[110] | 18 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 3 | |||
Marti Noxon[111] | 23 | 1 | 24 | 2 | ||||
Maurissa Tancharoen[112] | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | ||||
Jed Whedon[113] | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | ||||
Joss Whedon[114] | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 6 |
Directors
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) | Angel (1999–2004) | Firefly (2002) | Dollhouse (2009–2010) | episodes | projects | |
James A. Contner[115] | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
Steven S. DeKnight | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
David Fury | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Vern Gillum[116] | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
Marita Grabiak[117] | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
David Greenwalt | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
David Grossman[118] | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | ||
Tim Minear | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |
David Solomon[119] | 19 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 3 | |
Joss Whedon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 4 |
Production
Role | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) | Angel
(1999–2004) |
Firefly (2002) | Serenity (2005) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) | Dollhouse (2009–2010) | The Cabin in the Woods (2012) | episodes | projects | |
Christophe Beck | Composer | 58 | 22 | 80 | 2 | |||||
Ross Berryman | DP | 66 | 13 | 79 | 2 | |||||
Amy McIntyre Britt | Casting Director | 97 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 137 | 5 | ||
Anya Colloff | Casting Director | 97 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 170 | 6 | |
Lisa Lassek | Editor | 5 | 22 (As Editor's Assistant) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 6 | |
Mike Massa | Stunt Coordinator | 64 (David Boreanaz's stunt double) | 3 | 25 | 92 | 4 | ||||
Carey Meyer | Production Designer | 110 | 1 | 14 | 125 | 3 | ||||
Loni Peristere | Visual Effects Supervisor | 100 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 174 | 4 | |||
Shawna Trpcic | Costume Designer | 37 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 79 | 5 |
Filmography
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – writer
- Speed (1994) – co-writer (uncredited)
- The Getaway (1994) – co-writer (uncredited)
- Waterworld (1995) – co-writer (uncredited)
- Toy Story (1995) – co-writer
- Alien Resurrection (1997) – writer
- Titan A.E. (2000) – co-writer
- X-Men (2000) – treatment (uncredited)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) – treatment
- Serenity (2005) – writer and director
- Thor (2010) - Post-credit scene only
- The Cabin in the Woods (2012) – co-writer and producer
- The Avengers (2012) – writer and director[26]
- Goners (TBA) – writer and director
Television
- Roseanne (1989–1990) – writer, story editor
- Parenthood (1990) – writer, co-producer
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) – creator, executive producer, writer, director
- Angel (1999–2004) – co-creator, executive producer, writer, director
- Firefly (2002) – creator, executive producer, writer, director
- Buffy the Animated Series (2004) (unaired) – co-creator, executive producer, writer
- Veronica Mars (2005) – cameo
- The Office (2007) – guest director
- Dollhouse (2009–2010) – creator, executive producer, writer, director
- Glee (2010) – guest director[120]
Web
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) – co-creator, executive producer, writer, director
- R. Tam sessions
Awards
Awards won
- Best Script – Serenity (2005)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form – Serenity (2006)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2009)[121]
- Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-action Entertainment Program – Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2009)[122]
- Best Continuing Series – Astonishing X-Men with John Cassaday (2006)
- Best New Series – Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight with Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, and Andy Owens (2008)
- Best Digital Comic – Sugarshock! with Fábio Moon (2008)
- Special Award – Serenity (2006)
Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard:
- Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism (2009)[66]
- Best Directing in a Comedy Series – Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2009)[123]
- Best Writing in a Comedy Series – Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog with Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon (2009)[123]
Awards nominated
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Waiting in the Wings" (Angel, 2003)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Serenity" (Firefly, 2003)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Chosen" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2004)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "The Message" with Tim Minear (Firefly, 2004)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Not Fade Away" with Jeffrey Bell (Angel, 2005)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Smile Time" with Ben Edlund (Angel, 2005)
- Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – "Epitaph One" with Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon (Dollhouse, 2010)
- Graphic Story – Serenity: Better Days with Brett Matthews, Will Conrad, Michelle Madsen, and Jo Chen (2009)[125]
- Best Script – "The Body" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2001)
- Best Script – "Once More, with Feeling" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2002)
- Best Writing – Screenplay for Toy Story (1996)
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- ^ "YouTube — Joss Whedon Serenity Intro". Youtube.com. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
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Further reading
- The A.V. Club interview (First) (2001-09-05) (part 1, part 2)
- The A.V. Club interview (Second) (2007-11-08) (parts 1–3)
- Comeford, AmiJo and Burnett, Tamy (editors) (2010) The Literary Angel: Essays on influences and traditions reflected in the Joss Whedon series McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-0-7864-4661-2
- Davidson, Joy and Wilson, Leah (editors) (2007) The psychology of Joss Whedon : an unauthorized exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly BenBella Books, Dallas, Texas, ISBN 1-933771-25-9
- Espenson, Jane and Wilson, Leah (editors) (2010) Inside Joss' Dollhouse: completely unauthorized, from Alpha to Rossum Smart Pop, Dallas, Texas, ISBN
- Havens, Candace (2003) Joss Whedon: The genius behind Buffy BenBella Books, Dallas, Texas, ISBN 1-932100-00-8
- Koontz, K. Dale (2008) Faith and choice in the works of Joss Whedon McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-0-7864-3476-3
- Leonard, Kendra Preston (editor) (2010) Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing: Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, ISBN 978-0-8108-6945-5
- Waggoner, Erin B. (editor) (2010) Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New essays McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-0-7864-4750-3
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