Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill Joss Whedon ˈwiːdən WEEdən born June 23 1964 is an American screenwriter director producer comic book writer and composer He is best known as the creator of several television series the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer 19972003 and its spinoff Angel 19992004 the shortlived space Western Firefly 2002 the Internet musical miniseries Dr Horribles SingAlong Blog 2008 the science fiction drama Dollhouse 20092010 the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Avengers 2012 and series Agents of SHIELD 20132020 and the science fiction drama The Nevers 2021 After beginning his career in sitcoms Whedon wrote the poorly received horror comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992which he later adapted into the acclaimed television series of the same namecowrote the Pixar animated film Toy Story 1995 and wrote the science fiction horror film Alien Resurrection 1997 After achieving success as a television showrunner Whedon returned to film to write and direct the Firefly film continuation Serenity 2005 cowrite and produce the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods 2012 and write and direct the Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing 2012 For the Marvel Cinematic Universe Whedon wrote and directed the ensemble superhero film The Avengers 2012 and its sequel Avengers Age of Ultron 2015 He also cowrote the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League 2017 for which he also served as director for reshoots replacing Zack Snyder who retained directorial credit Whedon has also worked as a composer notably for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode Once More with Feeling and Dr Horribles SingAlong Blog and comic book writer both for comic book continuations of television series he created and for established franchises such as Astonishing XMen Beginning in July 2020 multiple actors producers and writers spoke out against Whedon following the toxic workplace environment he had allegedly created in many of his projects Whedon has denied any wrongdoing while acknowledging that he can be confrontational Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Whedon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia