Joss Whedon Joss Whedon Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series, including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997–2003), "Angel" (1999–2004), "Firefly" (2002), "Dollhouse" (2009–10), and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013–present). Whedon co-wrote the Pixar animated film "Toy Story" (1995), wrote and directed the "Firefly" film continuation "Serenity" (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (2008), and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film "The
Parenthood (1990 TV series) Huffners of the film were renamed the Merricks on the TV series. The pilot episode was considered by "USA Today" and the "New York Post" as the best movie-to-TV spinoff since "M*A*S*H". However, ratings for the series were low and "Parenthood" was canceled after 12 episodes. The series is notable for featuring a number of people who at the time were unheard of but later became famous. One of the writers on the show was Joss Whedon. The cast featured Leonardo DiCaprio, David Arquette, and Thora Birch (billed simply as "Thora" here). The show was featured on the now-defunct cable