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James Gunn
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 Juli…
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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 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.
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2028
Dynamic Duo
Movie Producer
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2028
The Batman: Part II
Movie Executive Producer
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2027
Man of Tomorrow
Movie Writer
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2026
Clayface
Movie Producer
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2026
Krypto Saves the Day!: Space Busted
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Coyote vs. Acme
Movie Producer
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2026
Lanterns
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
The Making of Supergirl
Movie Himself
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2026
Supergirl
Movie Producer
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2026
Krypto Saves the Day!: Coastal Catastrophe
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Krypto Saves the Day!: Package Pandemonium
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Krypto Saves the Day!: Halloween Havoc
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Krypto Saves the Day!
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn
TV show Self - Host
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2025
Superman
Movie Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited)
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2025
Locked
Movie Thanks
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2024
DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2024
DC Metal Force
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Creature Commandos
TV show Writer
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2024
Beast Boy: Lone Wolf
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Grave Conversations
TV show Self
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2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Self - Writer / Director
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2023
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV show Self
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2023
My Adventures with Superman
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Lamb-Shank (voice)
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2023
MPower
TV show Self
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2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
I Am Groot
TV show Wrist Watch Voice (voice)
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2022
Groot's First Steps
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Groot Takes a Bath
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
The Little Guy
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Groot's Pursuit
Movie Wrist Watch Voice (voice)
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2022
Magnum Opus
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Peacemaker
TV show Writer
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2022
Podly: The Peacemaker Podcast
TV show Self
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2021
The Suicide Squad
Movie Writer
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2020
Out of Shadows
Movie Self (archive)
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2020
VHS Massacre Too
Movie Self
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2019
Harley Quinn
TV show James Gunn (voice)
