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