James Gunn

James Francis Gunn Jr born August 5 1966 is an American filmmaker He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid1990s starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet 1996 He then began working as a director starting with the horrorcomedy 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 cochairmen and coCEOs of DC Studios Under DC Studios Gunn coproduced 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 Gunns PG Porn 20082009 the HBO Max original series Peacemaker 20222025 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 Romeros Dawn of the Dead 1978 writing the liveaction adaptation of Scooby Doo 2002 and its sequel ScoobyDoo 2 Monsters Unleashed 2004 writing and producing the horroraction film The Belko Experiment 2016 producing the superherohorror film Brightburn 2019 and contributing to comedyanthology film Movie 43 2013 directing the segment Beezel and the 2012 hackandslash video game Lollipop Chainsaw Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gunn licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia