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
Serenity (2005 film) FilmFocus, and it was determined by "SFX" magazine to be the best science fiction movie of all time in 2007. IGN Film awarded "Serenity" Best Sci-Fi, Best Story, and Best Trailer for the year, and it won second for Overall Best Movie after "Batman Begins". The SyFy Genre Awards awarded it runner-up in the categories for Best Movie, Best Actor in a film (Nathan Fillion), and Best Actress in a film (Summer Glau), losing in all categories to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". "Serenity" later ranked 383 on "Empire" magazine's 500 Greatest Films of All Time and 90