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Joss Whedon
Age: 45
Height: 6' 4
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Jun. 23rd, 1964
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BIOGRAPHY: Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse. He has also written several film scripts and comic book series.
Early life
Whedon was born in New York City and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987. Before going to Wesleyan he spent two years at Winchester College in England. He attended Riverdale Country School in New York City where his mother taught History. (Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also attended Riverdale Country School a number of years after Joss.) At a young age he was a prolific writer, loved Monty Python and showed great interest in acting. He was the lead role in an original production called 'Spaghetti Island' at Riverdale. He has been described as the world's first third-generation TV writer, as he is the son of Tom Whedon, a successful screenwriter for The Electric Company in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980s, and the grandson of John Whedon, a writer for The Donna Reed Show in the 1950s. His mother, Lee Stearns, was a high school teacher and novelist. He is the younger brother of Samuel and Matthew Whedon and older brother of writers Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon.
TRIVIA:
- Brother of 'Zack Whedon' (qv), assistant to Mr. 'David Milch' (qv).
- Wrote the plot to the comic book Serenity, which bridged the gap between the Firefly T.V. series and the film. Fellow Firefly writer Brett Matthews scripted it.
- Grandson of 'John Whedon' (qv).
- Related to 'Jed Whedon' (qv), video game music composer.
- 'Alyson Hannigan' (qv) and 'Alexis Denisof' (qv) are the godparents of his son Arden.
- His favorite movie is _The Matrix (1999)_ (qv).
- Writing is clearly in his blood, since he could arguably be the world's first third-generation television writer. His grandfather was a successful sitcom writer in the 1950s and '60s on _"The Donna Reed Show" (1958)_ (qv) and _"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)_ (qv), and his father wrote for the likes of _"The Dick Cavett Show" (1968)_ (qv), _"Alice" (1976)_ (qv) and _"Benson" (1979)_ (qv).
- Attended and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987.
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