num_pages: 448
description: From the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer which netted four million viewers per episode to the summer blockbuster The Avengers which amassed a box office of $1.5 billion Joss Whedon has made a name for himself in Hollywood for his penchant for telling meaningful personal tales about love death and redemption even against the most dramatic and larger-than-life backdrops. This biography follows his development from a creative child and teenager who spent years away from his family at an elite English public school through his early successeswhich often turned into frustrating heartbreak in both television (Roseanne) and film (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)to his breakout turn as the creator writer and director of the Buffy television series. Extensive original interviews with Whedons family friends collaborators and starsand with the man himselfoffer candid behind-the-scenes accounts of the making of groundbreaking series such as Buffy Angel Firefly and Dollhouse as well as new stories about his work with Pixar writers and animators during the creation of Toy Story. Most importantly however these conversations present an intimate and revealing portrait of a man whose creativity and storytelling ability have manifested themselves in comics online media television and film.
language: English
title: Joss Whedon: The Biography
publisher: Chicago Review Press