James Gunn

Writing·Aug 5, 1966·St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery hired Gunn and his longtime producer, Peter Safran, to serve as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios. Under DC Studios, Gunn co-produced and executive produced every film and television series in the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which serves as a soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). In the DCU, he created the series Creature Commandos (2024) and wrote and directed the film Superman (2025). He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series Peacemaker (2022–2025) and the Disney+ original special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). Other work for which he is known include writing for the 2004 remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), writing the live-action adaptation of Scooby Doo (2002), and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), writing and producing the horror-action film The Belko Experiment (2016), producing the superhero-horror film Brightburn (2019), and contributing to comedy-anthology film Movie 43 (2013) (directing the segment "Beezel") and the 2012 hack-and-slash video game Lollipop Chainsaw. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Man of Tomorrow2027 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Superman2025 · Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Director	Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Director
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · Lamb-Shank (voice), Writer, Director	Lamb-Shank (voice), Writer, Director
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Suicide Squad2021 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Belko Experiment2017 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · Maskless Sakaaran, Director, Writer	Maskless Sakaaran, Director, Writer
Movie 432013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Super2010 · Demonswill, Writer, Director	Demonswill, Writer, Director
Sparky & Mikaela2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Humanzee!2008 · James, Director, Writer	James, Director, Writer
Slither2006 · Hank (uncredited), Director, Writer	Hank (uncredited), Director, Writer
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed2004 · Writer	Writer
Dawn of the Dead2004 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Scooby-Doo2002 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Specials2000 · Minute Man, Writer	Minute Man, Writer
Hamster PSA1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tromeo & Juliet1996 · Found a Peanut Father, Screenplay	Found a Peanut Father, Screenplay