Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter
Tom Whedon
Thomas Avery Whedon (August 3, 1932 – March 23, 2016) was an American screenwriter and producer from New York known for his work on television programs such as ''The Golden Girls'', '' Benson'', ''Alice'', ''It's a Living'', and ''The Dick Cave ...
, grandson of screenwriter
John Whedon
John Ogden Whedon (November 5, 1905 – November 22, 1991) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for his writing for the television series ''The Donna Reed Show'' during the 1950s. Whedon also wrote for ''The Great Gildersleeve'' on ...
, and the brother of screenwriter
Zack Whedon
Zachary Adam Whedon (born August 14, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and comic book writer.
Early life
Whedon is from a family of writers: he is the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and t ...
and of filmmaker
Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American filmmaker, composer, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television serie ...
.
Career
Alongside his brothers Joss and Zack and his then fiancée
Maurissa Tancharoen
Maurissa Tancharoen () in Los Angeles, California)[Maurissa Tancharoen](_blank)
biographical inf ...
, he co-created and co-wrote the musical ''
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' as well as playing almost every instrumental part. It was the subject of a salute by
The Paley Center for Media
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and won an
Emmy Award
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for Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs.
Prior to ''Dr. Horrible'', Whedon composed scores for video games, and was a member of his now defunct Los Angeles-based band
The Southland. In 2010, he released an album entitled ''History of Forgotten Things'' under the band name "Jed Whedon and the Willing". Assisting him on the album were his wife Maurissa Tancharoen and their mutual friend
Felicia Day
Kathryn Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979) is an American actress, writer, and web series creator. She is the creator and star of the web series '' The Guild'' (2007–2013), a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred ...
, The Southland's guitarist and co-songwriter Nicholas Gusikoff and bassist Ethan Phillips, Jed's longtime friends Amir Yaghmai and Beau Barbour, and Jed's brothers Zack and Sam.
With Felicia Day, he composed the music to the song "
(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" and music and lyrics for ''I'm the one that's cool'' for the web series ''
The Guild'', the videos for which he also directed.
He and his wife, Maurissa, were staff writers on ''
Dollhouse
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'', the
Fox series created by his older brother Joss, prior to its cancellation. They then joined the staffs of ''
Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', co-created by former
Mutant Enemy
Mutant Enemy Productions is a production company that was created in 1996 by Joss Whedon to produce ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'' The company also produced the ''Buffy'' spin-off, ''Angel'', and his two short-lived science fiction series, the sp ...
writer
Steven S. DeKnight
Steven S. DeKnight (born October 28, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the Starz series '' Spartacus'', including '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', '' Spartacus: Gods of t ...
, and ''
Drop Dead Diva
''Drop Dead Diva'' is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that aired on Lifetime from July 12, 2009, to June 22, 2014. The series was created by Josh Berman and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It stars Brooke Elliott ...
''.
In 2012, he released an EP with his wife Maurissa titled ''This Girl'', which includes the track "Remains", written in 2009 for the TV show Dollhouse's season one finale, "Epitaph". Assisting on album are Felicia Day singing backing vocals on "Second Nature" and "Mr. Electric" and Sam Whedon playing guitar on "Dangerous". In contrast to most of Jed's other music, lyrics are credited to Maurissa first on this record. The following year, both he and his wife sang on Joss' original score for his movie Much Ado About Nothing.
Whedon worked with his wife (Maurissa) and brother, Joss, on ''
The Avengers''. He and Maurissa worked as showrunners, producers, and writers for the ABC show Marvel's ''
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, an ...
'' from 2013 to 2020.
In 2016, his band, Jed Whedon and the Willing, released their second studio album, an EP titled ''Like Snow'' with assistance from longtime musical collaborators Amir Yaghmai and Zack Whedon.
Awards
For his work on ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'', Whedon won two
Streamy Award
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s for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series and Best Original Music for a Web Series.
Personal life
On April 19, 2009, he married fellow screenwriter
Maurissa Tancharoen
Maurissa Tancharoen () in Los Angeles, California)[Maurissa Tancharoen](_blank)
biographical inf ...
.
[Official Dr. Horrible Twitter updates]
Maurissa and Jed are getting married in less than 48 hoursMaurissa Tancharoen Whedon
/ref> Their first child was born in 2015.
References
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1974 births
21st-century American singers
American male screenwriters
American rock singers
American television producers
Hugo Award-winning writers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Whedon family