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Joss Whedon


Born
in New York, New York, The United States
June 23, 1964

Genre
Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Humor and Comedy


Joss Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, film and television director, comic book writer, occasional composer, and actor, and the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures.

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 its film follow-up 'Serenity (2005)', and 'Dollhouse (2009–2010)', as well as the web-series' 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)'. Whedon co-wrote and produced the horror film 'The Cabin in the Woods (2012)', and wrote and directed the film adaptation of Marvel's 'The Avengers (2012)', the third highest-grossing film of all time.

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Series by Joss Whedon

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“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
― Joss Whedon
tags: individuality
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“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
― Joss Whedon
tags: writing
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“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
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tags: insanity, stupidity
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Which of these books would you like to be our Fifth Group Read Discussion (May 2012)?

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