Joss Whedon wrote and directed The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
He is co-creator and executive producer of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and directed and co-wrote the Pilot.
He also directed the post-credits scene of Thor and the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
He also made uncredited contributions to the scripts of Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor: The Dark World.[1]
He made an uncredited cameo appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as a Smithsonian Visitor.
He was interviewed for the documentary Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe.
He will not be directing Avengers: Infinity War having been left exhausted directing the first two Avengers films, but has acknowledged he might have some input on the two-part film.[2]
Trivia
- Joss Whedon is the brother to Jed Whedon and the brother-in-law of Maurissa Tancharoen, Show-runners and Executive Producers of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
- Joss Whedon cast many of his former collaborators from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse into The Avengers and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Alexis Denisof, Enver Gjokaj and Damion Poitier appeared in The Avengers, and J. August Richards, Ron Glass, Brad Dourif, Amy Acker, Patton Oswalt, Reed Diamond and Dichen Lachman appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
- Aside from this, other actors who worked with Whedon subsequently appeared in several Marvel Cinematic Universe media from other directors, such as Nathan Fillion and Seth Green in Guardians of the Galaxy and Bradley Whitford in the Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.
- Whedon also contributed to the script of the first X-Men movie.
- Whedon also wrote Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 and Runaways vol. 2 for Marvel Comics.
- Whedon's favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe film is Iron Man and his least favorite is Iron Man 2.[3]
- Joss Whedon will direct, write and produce the DC Extended Universe production Batgirl. He also directed additional scenes for and completed the film Justice League, with Zack Snyder stepping down as director following his daughter's suicide.[4]
Awards
- He was nominated for an Empire Award for Best Director for his work on The Avengers.
- He was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Writing for his work on The Avengers.
- He won a Saturn Award for Best Director for his work on The Avengers.
References
External Links
Joss Whedon on Wikipedia
Joss Whedon on IMDb
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Joss Whedon on Facebook- Joss Whedon on Marvel Database
