# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joss-whedon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:21.306Z

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name: "Joss Whedon"
slug: "joss-whedon"
description: "Joseph Hill \"Joss\" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer. He 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 short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), the science fiction drama Dollhouse (2009–2010), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020), and the science fiction drama The Nevers (2021)."
tagline: "American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)"
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birthDate: "1964-06-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump