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
Joss Whedon Cabin in the Woods" (2012). He wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films "The Avengers" (2012) and its sequel "" (2015), and also co-wrote the script for the DC Extended Universe superhero film "Justice League" (2017), for which he also served as director on reshoots. Born in New York City on June 23, 1964 as Joseph Hill Whedon, and being a third-generation TV writer, he is a son of Tom Whedon, a screenwriter for "Alice" in the 1970s and "The Golden Girls" in the 1980s, and a grandson of John Whedon, who worked on "The Donna Reed Show"