History Creator / DaveFiloni

** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2021 --) as executive producer episode director, and writer

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2008 -- 2020) as supervising director, voice of Embo, Cheep, and others
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2014 -- 2018) as creator, executive producer, and the voice of Chopper
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' (2018 -- 2020) as creator, the voice of Bo Keevil
** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019 --) as executive producer, episode director and actor (Trapper Wolf)

** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2021 --) as executive producer and episode director

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' (2002 -- 2003) as storyboard artist

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' (2005) as storyboard artist

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTalesOfTheJedi'' (2022--) as creator and writer

David Christopher Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator and director best known as the supervisor of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

* DescendedCreator: He is the voice of [[Characters/StarWars Embo]] the [[BountyHunter bounty hunter]] in ''The Clone Wars'', though it can be hard to tell due to sound editing. As a bonus, the character also sports a [[NiceHat Nice Hat]], just like his voice actor! He also voices the occasional incidental character, more often in ''Rebels'', and it's revealed in the credits of the final episode of the latter that he was the one that voiced Chopper throughout the entire series.

* RailEnthusiast: Dave is a big fan of GO Transit and has a [[https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/867076589506383873?lang=en model train collection]] focused on GO Transit. The behind the scenes footage in [[Series/TheMandalorian Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian]] shows him wearing his GO Transit t-shirts to the Mandalorian set as well. The character RG-G1 in the final season of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars]] is based on the Pennsylvania Railroad's GG-1 locomotive class.

* FaceOfTheBand: For many fans who love ''The Clone Wars'', ''Rebels'', and ''The Mandalorian'', Filoni is often the first creator thought of in regards to those shows, despite the abundant talent who also deserve credit.

In mid-2020 Filoni was promoted to executive producer and executive creative director for Lucasfilm, although it was not publicly announced until May 2021.

* FanNickname:
** Grandmaster Dave Filoni, due to being seen as an apprentice of Creator/GeorgeLucas, and as such the man who knows the second most about the ''Star Wars'' universe.
** ''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels'' earned him the name Darth Filoni, for his ability to create fun and interesting character you fall in love with only for them to die sometime later, a sub nickname or title could be considered as "The Waifu Slayer" for some of the EnsembleDarkhorse female characters he introduced then killed off.

* PromotedFanboy: Most definitely. He went from merely being a ''Star Wars'' fan to working on two animated shows (and now future ones included, now that he's pretty much supervising ''all'' of them since September 2016) and a live-action series, all set within the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse universe]].

** He likes ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', hence the Zillo Beast arc and the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unreleased sequel arc to it]] in ''The Clone Wars''. Commander Jun Sato from ''Rebels'' is named after two staff members in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, and Hondo Ohnaka is named after ''Godzilla'' co-creator Ishiro Honda, and ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' actor Seiji Onaka.

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974 in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American animator and director best known as the supervisor of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

His first animation job was as a character layout artist on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and later as an episode director for ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. He then joined the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise as the supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', and later co-created and executive produced ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

!!His works provides examples of:

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' (2021--) as executive producer and writer

*** ''Film/Yojimbo'': [[[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E5Chapter13TheJedi "The Jedi"]] in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

** In fact, it seems likely that he just loves Japanese film in general. He's made two [[WholePlotReference pastiches]] of Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai'', [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E17BountyHunters "Bounty Hunters"]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars'' and [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E4Chapter4Sanctuary "Sanctuary"]] in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

[[http://io9.gizmodo.com/clone-wars-and-rebels-dave-filoni-is-now-in-charge-of-a-1787134065 On September 2016]], he was promoted to oversee all ''Star Wars'' animation projects, including ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance''. In October 2018, he was announced as an executive producer and episode director on Creator/JonFavreau's live-action show, ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019 --) as executive producern episode director and actor (Trapper Wolf)

David Christopher "Dave" Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American animator and director best known as the supervisor of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

** ''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels'' earned him the name Darth Filoni, for his ability to create fun and interesting character you fall in love with only for them to die sometime later, a sub nickname or title could be considered as "The Waifu Slayer" for some of the Fan Favorite female characters he introduced then killed off.

** The Clone Wars and Rebels earned him the name Darth Filoni, for his ability to create fun and interesting character you fall in love with only for them to die sometime later, a sub nickname or title could be considered as "The Waifu Slayer" for some of the Fan Favorite female characters he introduced then killed off.

** He likes ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', hence the Zillo Beast arc and the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unreleased sequel arc to it]] in ''The Clone Wars''. Commander Jun Sato from ''Rebels'' is named after two staff members in the ''Godzilla'' franchise.

** He's also a [[KindHeartedCatLover cat person]], too, which is why there's emphasis on lothcats in ''Rebels''. The [[CuteKitten tooka]] species is named after his late cat, Tuuk. (Mar Tuuk from ''The Clone Wars'' was also named after Tuuk.)

** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2008 -- present) as supervising director, voice of Embo and others

* FanNickname: Grandmaster Dave Filoni, due to being seen as an apprentice of Creator/GeorgeLucas, and as such the man who knows the second most about the ''Star Wars'' universe.