Happy Birthday Joss

[miriam_e]

Joss Whedon, one of my favorite writers, has his birthday today. Yay!

Happy Birthday Joss Whedon!

He just keeps on writing unexpected plots and dialogue and keeping his audience off balance.

• 1989 Roseanne (TV series) (he wrote 4 episodes)
  • Little Sister (1989)
  • House of Grown-Ups (1989)
  • Brain-Dead Poets Society (1989)
  • Chicken Hearts - Chicken Hearts (1989)
• 1990-1991 Parenthood (TV series) (he wrote 3 episodes)
  • The Plague (1990)
  • Small Surprises (1990)
  • Fun for Kids (1991)
• 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (written by)
• 1995 Toy Story (screenplay)
• 1997 Alien: Resurrection (written by)
• 2000 Titan A.E. (screenplay)
• 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (story)
• 2003 Atlantis: Milo's Return (video) (characters - uncredited)
• 1996-2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)
• 2002-2003 Joss Whedon's Firefly (TV series)
• 2004 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series (TV movie) (creator)
• 1999-2004 Angel (TV series)
• 2005 Serenity (written by)
• 2008 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (TV mini-series)
• 2008 Commentary! The Musical (video short) (written by)
• 2009 Dollplay: Save Hazel (interactive web-video)
• 2009 This American Life Live! (TV movie) (written by)
• 2009-2010 Dollhouse (TV series)
• 2010 Astonishing X-Men: Gifted (video)
• 2011 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic (video)
• 2011 Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (documentary)
• 2012 The Cabin in the Woods (written by)
• 2012 Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (video)
• 2012 The Avengers (screenplay / story)
• 2012/I Much Ado About Nothing (screenplay)

Coming soon:

• 2013 In Your Eyes (post-production)
• 2013 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series) (post-production)
• The Avengers 2 (written by) (pre-production)

As well as the above he has written numerous comic books, collaborating with many other talented people in the process (listed alphabetically):

• Angel: After the Fall
• Astonishing X-Men
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a massive series of comics that ran for many years)
• Buffy - Season 8 and Season 9 (he set the overall story arcs and specifically wrote a number of issues)
  • A Beautiful Sunset
  • Anywhere but Here
  • The Chain
  • The Long Way Home
  • Time of Your Life
• Fray
• Runaways (after Brian K Vaughan finished Joss wrote a truly brilliant volume of 6 episodes)
• Serenity (comics)
• Serenity: Better Days
• Serenity: Those Left Behind
• Serenity: Shepherd's Tale
• Sugarshock! (one of my personal favorites, this is wonderfully hilarious)
• Tales of the Slayers
• Tales of the Vampires

Additional: Oh, and I just have to add the lovely advertisement he made "endorsing" Romney as preferred presidential candidate for bringing about the zombie apocalypse. Yes folks, it is still up on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo) for your viewing pleasure.