James Gunn
- Writing
- August 5, 1966 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Dynamic Duo · Producer
- The Batman: Part II · Executive producer
- Man of Tomorrow · Writer, Producer
- Clayface · Producer
- Krypto Saves the Day!: Robo-Pal · Executive producer
- Krypto Saves the Day!: Space Busted · Executive producer
- Coyote vs. Acme · Producer, Screenstory
- Lanterns · Executive producer
- Supergirl · Producer, Editing
- Krypto Saves the Day!: Coastal Catastrophe · Executive producer
- Krypto Saves the Day!: Package Pandemonium · Executive producer
- Krypto Saves the Day!: Halloween Havoc · Executive producer
- Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle · Executive producer
- Krypto Saves the Day! · Executive producer
- Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn · Self
- Superman · Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited), Producer
- Locked · Thanks
- DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast · Self
- DC Metal Force · Executive producer
- Creature Commandos · Writer, Executive producer
- Beast Boy: Lone Wolf · Executive producer
- Grave Conversations · Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Self
- Superpowered: The DC Story · Self
- My Adventures with Superman · Executive producer
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Lamb-Shank (Voice), Writer
- MPower · Self
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special · Executive producer, Writer
- Groot's Pursuit · Wrist Watch Voice (Voice), Executive producer
- I Am Groot · Wrist Watch Voice (Voice), Executive producer
- Groot's First Steps · Executive producer
- Groot Takes a Bath · Executive producer
- The Little Guy · Executive producer
- Magnum Opus · Executive producer
- Podly: The Peacemaker Podcast · Self, Original Series Creator
- Peacemaker · Writer, Director
- The Suicide Squad · Writer, Director
- Out of Shadows · Self
- VHS Massacre Too · Self
- Harley Quinn · James Gunn (Voice)
- Mutant Blast · Characters
- Brightburn · Producer
- Avengers: Endgame · Executive producer
- Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero · Self
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction · Self
- Avengers: Infinity War · Executive producer, Additional Dialogue
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 · Writer, Script Supervisor
- The Big Sick · Thanks
- The Belko Experiment · Writer, Producer
- Doctor Strange · Additional Writing
- Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters · Characters
- Con Man · Raaker 2.0
- Guardians of the Galaxy · Maskless Sakaaran, Director
- Sock or Hat? · Self
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Rick and Morty · James Gunn (Voice)
- Movie 43 · Director, Writer
- Holliston · John Anguish
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! · Self
- Super · Demonswill, Writer
- Direct Your Own Damn Movie! · Self
- Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman · Self
- Sparky & Mikaela · Director, Writer
- Humanzee! · James, Writer
- Doggie Heaven · Executive producer
- Scream Queens · Self
- James Gunn's PG Porn · Linus, Lance the Mechanic
- 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments · Self
- We Own the Night · Thanks
- Done the Impossible · Self
- Slither · Hank (uncredited), Writer
- LolliLove · James Gunn, Executive producer
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed · Writer, Co-producer
- Dawn of the Dead · Screenplay
- Tales from the Crapper · Self
- Melvin Goes to Dinner · Scott
- The Man Who Invented The Moon · Co-Executive Producer
- The Ghouls · Det. Cotton
- Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over · Riley (Voice)