Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, occasional composer and actor, and founder of Mutant Enemy Productions. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002) and Dollhouse (2009–2010), as well as the short film Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). He is also notable for his work in film, comic books, and online media. Many of Whedon's projects, as well as Whedon himself, enjoy a cult status.
Joss Whedon awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Winner Saturn Award | Best Director (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2013 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Winner Chainsaw Award | Best Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Hugo Awards | Winner Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Joss Whedon, Zak Penn) | The Avengers |
| 2013 | SFX Awards, UK | Winner SFX Award | Best Director (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | Bram Stoker Awards | Winner Bram Stoker Award | Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | Fright Meter Awards | Winner Fright Meter Award | Best Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | Guinness World Record Award | Winner Guinness World Record | Highest-grossing domestic opening weekend of all time (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Winner IGN People's Choice Award | Best Movie Director (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | Matchflick Flicker Awards | Winner Flicker Award | Best Comic Book Adaptation (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Winner Rondo Statuette | Best Film (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2009 | Hugo Awards | Winner Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Winner Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs (Joss Whedon, Michael Boretz, David M. Burns) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| 2009 | The Streamy Awards | Winner Streamy Award | Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series (Joss Whedon) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| 2009 | The Streamy Awards | Winner Streamy Award | Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series (Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon) | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| 2007 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Winner Rondo Statuette | Best Comic Book (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic |
| 2006 | Hugo Awards | Winner Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Joss Whedon) | Serenity |
| 2006 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Winner Nebula Award | Best Script (Joss Whedon) | Serenity |
| 2005 | SFX Awards, UK | Winner SFX Award | Best Film Director (Joss Whedon) | Serenity |
| 2002 | Online Film & Television Association | Winner OFTA Television Award | Best Direction in a Drama Series (Joss Whedon, James A. Contner, David Solomon, David Grossman, Michael Gershman, Nick Marck, Douglas Petrie, Alan J. Levi, Bill Norton, Turi Meyer) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2002 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Winner Rondo Statuette | TV Presentation Of The Year (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 1996 | Annie Awards | Winner Annie | Best Individual Achievement: Writing (Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow) | Toy Story |
| 1995 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Winner ACCA | Best Original Screenplay (Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft) | Toy Story |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dragon Awards | Nominee Dragon Award | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series (Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Stan Lee) | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 2016 | 20/20 Awards | Nominee Felix | Best Original Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft) | Toy Story |
| 2016 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Joss Whedon) | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| 2015 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Movie (Joss Whedon) | Avengers: Age of Ultron |
| 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2013 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Nominee COFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Empire Awards, UK | Nominee Empire Award | Best Director (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2013 | Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) | Nominee GAFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Nominee NCFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Bradbury Award | (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2013 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Bradbury Award | (Joss Whedon, Zak Penn) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee DFCS Award | Best Screenplay (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Nominee Golden Schmoes | Best Screenplay of the Year (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Nominee Golden Schmoes | Best Director of the Year (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Nominee IGN Award | Best Movie Director (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Film (Joss Whedon) | The Avengers |
| 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee SDFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Nominee SLFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2012 | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee UFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby TV Award | Drama Episode of the Decade (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2010 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, David Solomon) | Dollhouse |
| 2005 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Ben Edlund, Joss Whedon) | Angel |
| 2005 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Jeffrey Bell, Joss Whedon) | Angel |
| 2005 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Film (Joss Whedon) | Serenity |
| 2004 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2004 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Tim Minear, Joss Whedon) | Firefly |
| 2003 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Joss Whedon) | Firefly |
| 2003 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (Joss Whedon) | Angel |
| 2003 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | TV Presentation Of The Year (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2003 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | TV Presentation of the Year (Jeffrey Bell, Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt) | Angel |
| 2003 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Nebula Award | Best Script (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2002 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation (Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2002 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Television Award | Best Writing in a Drama Series (Steven S. DeKnight, Jane Espenson, David Fury, Drew Z. Greenberg, Diego Gutiérrez, Marti Noxon, Douglas Petrie, Rebecca Kirshner, Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2002 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Nebula Award | Best Script (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2000 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Nominee Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 1999 | Bram Stoker Awards | Nominee Bram Stoker Award | Screenplay (Joss Whedon) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 1996 | Academy Awards, USA | Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft) | Toy Story |
| 1996 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Joss Whedon, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen) | Toy Story |
| 1996 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation (John Lasseter, Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft) | Toy Story |
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