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 su ... perhero 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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James Gunn's PG Porn
as Linus
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 08, 2008
Harley Quinn
as James Gunn (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 29, 2019
James Gunn's PG Porn
as Lance the Mechanic
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 2008
James Gunn's PG Porn
as James Gunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 2008
I Am Groot
as Wrist Watch Voice (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 10, 2022
Breaking In
as James Gunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 06, 2011
Holliston
as John Anguish
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 03, 2012
Con Man
as Raaker 2.0
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2015
Scream Queens
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Oct 20, 2008
Superpowered: The DC Story
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 20, 2023
30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
as Himself
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 31, 2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
MPower
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 08, 2023
Sock or Hat?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 13, 2014
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 29, 2018
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