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Joss Whedon

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Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon ( WEE-dən; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, 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 film The Avengers (2012) and series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020), and the science fiction drama The Nevers (2021). After beginning his career in sitcoms, Whedon wrote the poorly received horror comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – which he later adapted into the acclaimed television series of the same name – co-wrote the Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995), and wrote the science fiction horror film Alien Resurrection (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joss Whedon is the 4,337th most popular writer (down from 3,559th in 2019), the 6,444th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,568th in 2019) and the 491st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joss Whedon ranks 4,337 out of 7,302. Before him are Ostap Vyshnya, Elisabeth Langgässer, Philippa Gregory, Yuri Bondarev, Walter Savage Landor, and Robert Jungk. After him are Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eva Kotchever, Eudora Welty, Giuseppe Adami, Astrid Ivask, and John Lyly.

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Among people born in 1964, Joss Whedon ranks 201. Before him are Kevin Schwantz, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Chris Farley, Georg von Habsburg, Vyacheslav Volodin, and John Ottman. After him are Kathy Burke, Sabrina Ferilli, Paco Tous, Amy Brenneman, Luciano Floridi, and Hiroshi Abe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joss Whedon ranks 6,445 out of 20,380. Before him are Joey Kramer (1950), Eve (1978), Brutus Beefcake (1957), John Romita Jr. (1956), Pauline Pfeiffer (1895), and Arthur Laffer (1940). After him are Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Eudora Welty (1909), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), Greg K. (1965), Louis Jordan (1908), and Eric Shinseki (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joss Whedon ranks 491. Before him are Art Buchwald (1925), E. B. White (1899), Julia Quinn (1970), Camille Paglia (1947), James Blish (1921), and Richard Powers (1957). After him are Eudora Welty (1909), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Irving Wallace (1916), Diane Ackerman (1948), James Salter (1925), and Connie Willis (1945).

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