Dave Filoni

Dave Filoni, a diehard Star Wars fan, realized a lifelong dream when he was selected by George Lucas to helm Lucasfilm Animation's Star Wars: The Clone Wars as supervising director. The series surpassed the rare industry milestone of 100 episodes and has won four Emmy Awards. Now as executive producer, Filoni is leading the development of Star Wars Rebels , the critically acclaimed animated television series recently renewed for a third season on Disney XD. Filoni joined Lucasfilm Animation...See more

Dave Filoni, a diehard Star Wars fan, realized a lifelong dream when he was selected by George Lucas to helm Lucasfilm Animation's Star Wars: The Clone Wars as supervising director. The series surpassed the rare industry milestone of 100 episodes and has won four Emmy Awards. Now as executive producer, Filoni is leading the development of Star Wars Rebels , the critically acclaimed animated television series recently renewed for a third season on Disney XD. Filoni joined Lucasfilm Animation fresh from Nickelodeon's animated Avatar: The Last Airbender , for which he served as director. He began his animation career working as an assistant director for Film Roman's Emmy-winning King of the Hill as well as other series. He then moved to Walt Disney Television Animation, where he contributed in various capacities to series such as Teamo Supremo , Kim Possible , Dave the Barbarian and Lilo & Stitch . See less