Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon[2] (born June 23, 1964) is an American
screenwriter,
film and
television producer, director,
comic book author,
composer, and
actor. He is the founder of
Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder 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 (2002–2003) and
Dollhouse (2009–2010), as well as
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). Whedon co-wrote
Toy Story (1995), wrote and directed
Serenity (2005), 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),
[3][4] the
third highest-grossing film of all time.