

After leaving Wesleyan, Whedon came up with the first incarnation of Buffy Summers, "Rhonda, the Immortal Waitress". There, he also studied under renowned academic Richard Slotkin. Whedon graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987, where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2013. Next he spent three years at Winchester College in England, where, taking note of omnipresent bullying, he concluded, "it was clear to me from the start that I must take an active role in my survival". Whedon attended Riverdale Country School in New York City his mother taught history at the school.
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At a young age, he showed great interest in British television series shows like Masterpiece and Monty Python. Whedon is the younger sibling of Samuel and Matthew Whedon and the older sibling of writers Jed and Zack Whedon. His parents both acted, and appeared in a play together at the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club. His mother, Ann Lee (née Jeffries) Stearns, originally from Kentucky, was a teacher at Riverdale Country School as Lee Whedon, and an aspiring novelist.
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6.1 Marriage and claims of marital infidelityīorn in New York City as Joseph 1 Hill Whedon, and also 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 in the 1950s and The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s, as well as writing for radio shows like The Great Gildersleeve.2.4.2 Accusations of workplace harassment.2.2.4 Freelance directing and Sugarshock!.WarnerMedia investigated Fisher's allegations and announced that they had taken "remedial action" in December 2020. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) and comic book writer, both for comic book continuations of television series he created and for established franchises, such as Astonishing X-Men.Īctors Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Charisma Carpenter, Michelle Trachtenberg and Amber Benson have complained publicly about Whedon's abusive behavior towards them or others on set. Whedon has also worked as a composer (notably for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode " Once More, with Feeling" and Dr. He also co-wrote the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League (2017), for which he also served as director for re-shoots, replacing Zack Snyder (who retained directorial credit). For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Whedon wrote and directed the superhero film The Avengers (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He also wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), co-wrote the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2011), and wrote and directed, and the Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing (2012). (2013–2020), and the science fiction drama The Nevers (2021).Īfter beginning his career in sitcoms, Whedon wrote the horror comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), the Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995), and the science fiction horror film Alien Resurrection (1997). Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), the science fiction drama Dollhouse (2009–2010), the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), the space Western Firefly (2002), the musical miniseries Dr. Joseph Hill Whedon ( / ˈ w iː d ən/ born June 23, 1964) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, composer, and comic book writer. From the BBC programme Front Row, December 26, 2013.
