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name: "John Cassaday"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-cassaday"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 December 1971"
died: "9 September 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:28:05.415418+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Cassaday

Director. Born 14 December 1971 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Died 9 September 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 December 1971, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 9 September 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cassaday, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286371, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591415/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245564

## Biography

John Cassaday was an American comic book artist, writer and television director. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he studied filmmaking and began his career in comics with acclaimed series including *Planetary* with Warren Ellis.

He collaborated with Joss Whedon on the 2004 relaunch of *Astonishing X-Men* as penciller. Cassaday made his directorial debut with the episode 'The Attic' of the series *Dollhouse* in 2009. He also worked as a concept artist on the 2009 film *Watchmen*.

Cassaday died in Manhattan, New York City, on 9 September 2024.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, dollhouse.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dollhouse* (2009), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *X-Men '97* (2024), series, Thanks
- *WandaVision* (2021), series, Thanks
- *Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable* (2013), Art Designer
- *Astonishing X-Men: Torn* (2012), Art Designer
- *Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous* (2012), Art Designer
- *Astonishing X-Men: Gifted* (2010), Art Department Manager, Director
- *Dollhouse* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)
- *One Foot in the Grave* (1990), series, as Hospital Nurse — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-foot-in-the-grave.md)

## Gallery

- ![John Cassaday - Lucca Comics & Games 2016. Conferenza stampa presso la Camera di Commercio.](https://film.one/media/person/173584/gallery-5770751ae62c.jpg) John Cassaday - Lucca Comics & Games 2016. Conferenza stampa presso la Camera di Commercio. — Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/John_Cassaday_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg/1280px-John_Cassaday_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Cassaday](https://film.one/media/person/173584/gallery-a96021947e6a.jpg) John Cassaday — Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/1.16.15JohnCassadayByLuigiNovi1.jpg/1280px-1.16.15JohnCassadayByLuigiNovi1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Cassaday at Wizard World-Texas. 2008.](https://film.one/media/person/173584/gallery-d726306ca8aa.jpg) John Cassaday at Wizard World-Texas. 2008. — Doczilla STOMP!, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/John_Cassaday_DSCF0117.jpg/1280px-John_Cassaday_DSCF0117.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team 2006: Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team 2005: Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team 2004: Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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