Biography
Dave Filoni is an American writer, director and producer. He graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1996 with a degree in animation and worked as a director on the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender before joining Lucasfilm.
George Lucas hired him in 2005 to supervise direction on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which he co-created, directed and wrote. Filoni later created Star Wars Rebels and served as executive producer and writer on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka. He is writer and producer on the 2026 film The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Filoni was promoted to chief creative officer of Lucasfilm in 2023 and became president of the studio in 2026.
