James Gunn

Known for WritingBorn 1966-08-05 (age 59)St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Grave Conversations

The Man Who Invented The Moon

Rick and Morty

Harley Quinn

Avengers: Infinity War

Peacemaker

Avengers: Endgame

Scream Queens

My Adventures with Superman

Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy

Creature Commandos

Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie'

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

The Suicide Squad

Superpowered: The DC Story

Superman

Doctor Strange

DC Metal Force

The Little Guy

The Big Sick

Magnum Opus

Groot Takes a Bath

Groot's Pursuit

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

MPower

I Am Groot

Groot's First Steps

Dawn of the Dead

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Troma's Edge TV

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle

We Own the Night

Con Man

Beast Boy: Lone Wolf

Jeopardy!

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Slither

Super

Krypto Saves the Day!: Halloween Havoc

Locked

Brightburn

The Belko Experiment

Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over

Krypto Saves the Day!: Coastal Catastrophe