James Francis Gunn Jr.\u00a0(born August 5, 1966)\u00a0is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at\u00a0Troma Entertainment\u00a0with\u00a0Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film\u00a0Slither\u00a0(2006), and moving to the superhero genre with\u00a0Super (2010),\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u00a0(2017),\u00a0The Suicide Squad\u00a0(2021), and\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n
In 2022,\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0hired Gunn and his longtime producer, Peter Safran, to serve as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of\u00a0DC Studios.\u00a0Under DC Studios, Gunn co-produced and executive produced every film and television series in the\u00a0DC Universe\u00a0(DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which serves as a soft reboot of the\u00a0DC Extended Universe\u00a0(DCEU). In the DCU, he created the series\u00a0Creature Commandos\u00a0(2024) and wrote and directed the film\u00a0Superman (2025).<\/p>\n
He also wrote and directed the web series\u00a0James Gunn’s PG Porn\u00a0(2008\u20132009), the\u00a0HBO Max original series\u00a0Peacemaker\u00a0(2022\u20132025) and the\u00a0Disney+\u00a0original special\u00a0The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special\u00a0(2022). Other work for which he is known include writing for\u00a0the 2004 remake\u00a0of\u00a0George A. Romero’s\u00a0Dawn of the Dead (1978), writing the live-action adaptation of\u00a0Scooby Doo\u00a0(2002), and its sequel\u00a0Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed\u00a0(2004), writing and producing the horror-action film\u00a0The Belko Experiment (2016), producing the superhero-horror film\u00a0Brightburn\u00a0(2019), and contributing to comedy-anthology film\u00a0Movie 43\u00a0(2013) (directing the segment “Beezel”) and the 2012 hack-and-slash video game\u00a0Lollipop Chainsaw.<\/p>\n
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James Francis Gunn Jr.\u00a0(born August 5, 1966)\u00a0is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at\u00a0Troma Entertainment\u00a0with\u00a0Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film\u00a0Slither\u00a0(2006), and moving to the superhero genre with\u00a0Super (2010),\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u00a0(2017),\u00a0The Suicide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-790","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n