29 Facts About Dave Filoni

David Filoni was born on June 7,1974 and is an American director, producer, and screenwriter currently serving as the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm.

Dave Filoni directed multiple episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, before being hired by George Lucas to oversee direction on the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as well as directing and writing numerous episodes, including its theatrical film.

Dave Filoni was the creator of follow-up series Star Wars Rebels, and served as a supervising director, executive producer and writer.

Dave Filoni is the creator, executive producer and sole writer of live-action miniseries Ahsoka, and is an executive producer on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Skeleton Crew.

Dave Filoni is the creator and executive producer of the animated series Star Wars Resistance, Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi, and an executive producer of the web series Star Wars Forces of Destiny.

Dave Filoni is an executive vice president at Lucasfilm, and in 2023 accepted a promotion to chief creative officer.

Dave Filoni's father was an opera and a classical music fan, according to composer Kevin Kiner, who did most of the music for The Clone Wars and Rebels.

Dave Filoni has said that his grandfather and uncle were pilots, with the latter specializing in restoring planes.

Dave Filoni cited this as a significant influence with regard to the concept of Star Wars Resistance.

An avid Star Wars fan, particularly of character Plo Koon, Dave Filoni dressed up as the Jedi Master for the opening of Revenge of the Sith.

Dave Filoni left Nickelodeon after George Lucas offered him a job, helping him develop a Star Wars animated series.

Dave Filoni has a bust of Plo Koon's head, a model of Plo Koon's ship, an autographed portrait by the actor who played Plo Koon, a replica of Plo Koon's lightsaber on his desk, and his personal Plo Koon costume on display.

Dave Filoni has a notebook-sized planner on his desk with Plo Koon's picture taped to the outside, and he has written the words "Plo Kool" on concept art designs for the Clone Wars, indicating that he liked those designs.

Dave Filoni has a small model of the character Appa on his desk, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Dave Filoni has attended all the Clone Wars premieres and attended the fifth-season premiere in Orlando, Florida during the special event Celebration VI on August 24,2012.

Dave Filoni is most associated with developing the characters of Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex.

Dave Filoni made an appearance at Celebration IV in May 2007 with producer Catherine Winder to discuss the beginnings of the new television series and reveal how The Clone Wars was being created.

In February 2009, Dave Filoni was inducted as an Honorary Member of the 501st Legion international costuming organization in recognition of his contributions to the continuing Star Wars saga.

Dave Filoni was as an executive producer of Star Wars Rebels, which debuted in fall 2014, alongside Greg Weisman and Simon Kinberg.

Dave Filoni appointed Justin Ridge as his successor for the remainder of the show, though he still remained as executive producer.

Dave Filoni departed as supervising director in September 2016 when he was given the job as overseer of all future and current Lucasfilm Animation projects.

Dave Filoni is an executive producer of the show and made his live-action debut as the director of episode one of the first season.

Dave Filoni has been involved as executive producer of other Star Wars interconnected shows, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew.

Dave Filoni's promotion was not announced to the public until Lucasfilm updated its list of executives on its website with the addition of Filoni in May 2021.

In November 2023, it was announced that Dave Filoni had been promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm.

Dave Filoni provided the voice of the bounty hunter Embo and the droid CH-33P in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Dave Filoni voiced Chopper for the entirety of the show, a fact not revealed until the end credits of the series finale.

Dave Filoni made his live action acting debut in The Mandalorian as an X-Wing pilot named Trapper Wolf in "Chapter 6: The Prisoner".

Dave Filoni later reprised the character in "Chapter 10: The Passenger" and in "Chapter 21: The Pirate".