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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker, executive and actor. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1997). 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 to become co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios. He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series Peacemaker (2022–present), and the Disney+ original special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). Other projects he is known for is 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.
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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker, executive and actor. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1997). 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 to become co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios. He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series Peacemaker (2022–present), and the Disney+ original special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). Other projects he is known for is 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.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Harley Quinn
I Am Groot
MPower
Superpowered: The DC Story
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Slither
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Groot's Pursuit
Scream Queens
Production Credits
Avengers: Endgame
Scooby-Doo
We Own the Night
Untitled The Batman Sequel
The Brave and the Bold
Thor: Ragnarok
Lanterns
Swamp Thing
I Am Groot
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Brightburn
Groot's Pursuit
The Authority
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Slither
Booster Gold
Dawn of the Dead
Untitled Bane and Deathstroke Film
Creature Commandos
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Little Guy
Superman
Doctor Strange
Thor: The Dark World
Avengers: Infinity War
Groot Takes a Bath
Paradise Lost
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Belko Experiment
Thir13en Ghosts
Magnum Opus
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Waller
Movie 43
Constantine 2
Peacemaker
The Suicide Squad
Joker: Folie à Deux
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Harley Quinn
Groot's First Steps
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