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Jane Espenson Biography ((?)-)

Addresses: Office: c/o Buffy the Vampire Slayer, United Paramount Network, 11800 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Writer, producer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Work
• Series
• Executive story editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), The WB, 1998-1999
• Coproducer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), The WB, 1999-2000
• Producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy andBuffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), The WB, 2000-2001
• Supervising producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), UPN, 2001-2002
• Co-executive producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as Buffy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), UPN, 2002-2003
• Also story editor for the series Ellen (also known as These Friends of Mine), ABC, and Something So Right.
• WRITINGS
• Television Series
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (based on a story by Espenson; also knownas Buffy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), The WB, 1998-2001, UPN, 2001-2003
• Television Episodes
• "The Principal's Interest," Monty, Fox, 1994
• (With Kim Friese) "The Age of Reason," Me and the Boys, ABC, 1995
• "Accession," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9), syndicated, 1996
• "Zero Minus Ten," Nowhere Man, UPN, 1996
• "Something about Jack's Ex," Something So Right, NBC, 1996
• "Something about Thanksgiving," Something So Right, NBC, 1996
• "Something about a Silver Anniversary," Something So Right, NBC, 1997
• "Something about Secrets and Rules," Something So Right, NBC, 1997
• "Like a Virgin," Ellen (also known as These Friends of Mine), ABC, 1997
• "Womyn Fest," Ellen (also known as These Friends of Mine),ABC, 1998
• "Rm w/a Vu," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series), The WB, 1999
• "Guise Will Be Guise," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series), The WB, 2000
• "Shindig," Firefly, Fox, 2002
• Also writer for the series Dinosaurs, ABC.
• Television Pilots
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (animated), Fox, 2002
• (With Joss Whedon) Ripper, BBC2, 2003
• Other
• Comic books include "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Jonathan," Dark Horse Comics, 2001; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Haunted, Volumes 1-4," Dark Horse Comics, 2001-02; "The Lone Gunman," Dark Horse Comics, 2001; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Reunion," Dark Horse Comics, 2002; "Story: Tales of the Slayers; Presumption," Dark Horse Comics, 2002; and (with Doug Petrie) "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers--Broken Bottle of Djinn," Dark Horse Comics,2002. Work anthologized in Tales of the Slayer, Volume 2, 2003; authorof introduction, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, byMichael Adams, Oxford University Press, 2003. Contributor to periodicals.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• The television series Angel was based on a story by Espenson.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fall, 2000, pp. 14-15; October, 2002, pp. 30-33; December, 2002, p. 6