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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!
James Gunn's PG Porn
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
The Suicide Squad
Doctor Strange
Untitled Bane and Deathstroke Film
Swamp Thing
Groot Takes a Bath
Groot's Pursuit
Groot's First Steps
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Peacemaker
Joker: Folie à Deux
I Am Groot
Creature Commandos
Locked
Guardians of the Galaxy
Waller
Constantine 2
The Brave and the Bold
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Lanterns
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
We Own the Night
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Slither
Movie 43
The Little Guy
Magnum Opus
Booster Gold
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Harley Quinn
Dawn of the Dead
Scooby-Doo
Thir13en Ghosts
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Brightburn
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thor: The Dark World
The Big Sick
The Belko Experiment
James Gunn's PG Porn
The Authority
Paradise Lost
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