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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 become co-chairmen and co-CEOS of DC Studios. Under DC Studios, Gunn will co-produce and executive produce every film and television series under the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which will act as a soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). In the DCU, he is the creator of the series Creature Commandos (2024) and the writer-director of the upcoming 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–present) 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.
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2028 Dynamic Duo Producer
2027 Untitled The Batman Sequel Executive Producer
2026 Clayface Producer
2026 Supergirl Producer
2025 Superman as Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited) Writer, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Director
2025 Locked Thanks
2024 Creature Commandos Executive Producer
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - Writer / Director
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Lamb-Shank (voice) Director, Writer
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Executive Producer, Director, Writer
2022 Groot's Pursuit as Wrist Watch Voice (voice) Executive Producer
2022 The Little Guy Executive Producer
2022 Groot Takes a Bath Executive Producer
2022 Groot's First Steps Executive Producer
2022 Magnum Opus Executive Producer
2022 Peacemaker Executive Producer
2021 The Suicide Squad Writer, Director
2020 VHS Massacre Too as Himself
2019 Mutant Blast Characters
2019 Brightburn Producer
2019 Avengers: Endgame Executive Producer
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Executive Producer, Additional Dialogue
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Second Unit Director
2017 Guardians Inferno Writer
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Second Unit Director
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Writer, Script Supervisor, Director
2017 The Big Sick Thanks
2016 Doctor Strange Second Unit Director, Additional Writing
2016 Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters Characters
2016 The Belko Experiment Writer, Producer
2014 Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Self
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as Maskless Sakaaran Director, Writer
2014 Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self
2013 Movie 43 Director, Writer
2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2010 Super as Demonswill Writer, Director
2009 Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2009 Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman as Himself
2008 Sparky & Mikaela Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2008 Humanzee! as James Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2008 Doggie Heaven Executive Producer
2007 We Own the Night Thanks
2006 Done the Impossible as Self
2006 Slither as Hank (uncredited) Director, Writer
2004 LolliLove as James Gunn Executive Producer
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Writer, Co-Producer
2004 Dawn of the Dead Screenplay
2004 Tales from the Crapper as Himself
2003 Melvin Goes to Dinner as Scott
2003 The Man Who Invented The Moon Co-Executive Producer
2003 The Ghouls as Det. Cotton
2003 Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over as Riley (voice)
2002 Scooby-Doo Story, Screenplay
2002 Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie' as Self
2001 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV as Dr. Flem Hocking
2000 The Specials as Minute Man Writer, Co-Producer
1999 Terror Firmer Original Story
1997 Hamster PSA Director, Writer
1996 Tromeo & Juliet as Found a Peanut Father Assistant Director, Screenplay, Executive In Charge Of Production