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.

Filmography

• 2028Dynamic Duo — Producer
• 2028The Batman: Part II — Executive Producer
• 2027Man of Tomorrow — Writer, Producer, Director
• 2026Clayface — Producer
• 2026Coyote vs. Acme — Producer, Screenstory
• 2026Krypto Saves the Day!: Coastal Catastrophe — Executive Producer
• 2026Krypto Saves the Day!: Space Busted — Executive Producer
• Lanterns — Executive Producer
• 2026Supergirl — Producer, Editor
• Krypto Saves the Day! — Executive Producer
• 2025Krypto Saves the Day!: Halloween Havoc — Executive Producer
• 2025Krypto Saves the Day!: Package Pandemonium — Executive Producer
• 2025Krypto Saves the Day!: School Bus Scuffle — Executive Producer
• 2025Locked — Thanks
• 2025Superman — Typewriting Monkeys (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Director
• Beast Boy: Lone Wolf — Executive Producer
• Creature Commandos — Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• DC Metal Force — Executive Producer
• 2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Lamb-Shank (voice), Writer, Director
• My Adventures with Superman — Executive Producer
• 2022Groot Takes a Bath — Executive Producer
• 2022Groot's First Steps — Executive Producer
• 2022Groot's Pursuit — Wrist Watch Voice (voice), Executive Producer
• I Am Groot — Wrist Watch Voice (voice), Executive Producer
• 2022Magnum Opus — Executive Producer
• Peacemaker — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• Podly: The Peacemaker Podcast — Self, Original Series Creator
• 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — Executive Producer, Director, Writer
• 2022The Little Guy — Executive Producer
• 2021The Suicide Squad — Writer, Director
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Executive Producer
• 2019Brightburn — Producer
• Harley Quinn — James Gunn (voice)
• 2019Mutant Blast — Characters
• 2018Avengers: Infinity War — Executive Producer, Additional Dialogue
• 2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Writer, Script Supervisor, Director
• 2017The Belko Experiment — Writer, Producer
• 2017The Big Sick — Thanks
• 2016Doctor Strange — Additional Writing
• 2016Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters — Characters
• Con Man — Raaker 2.0
• 2014Guardians of the Galaxy — Maskless Sakaaran, Director, Writer
• 2013Movie 43 — Director, Writer
• Rick and Morty — James Gunn (voice)
• Holliston — John Anguish
• 2010Super — Demonswill, Writer, Director
• 2008Doggie Heaven — Executive Producer
• 2008Humanzee! — James, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• James Gunn's PG Porn — Linus, Lance the Mechanic, James Gunn, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• 2008Sparky & Mikaela — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2007We Own the Night — Thanks
• 2006Slither — Hank (uncredited), Director, Writer
• 2004Dawn of the Dead — Screenplay
• 2004LolliLove — James Gunn, Executive Producer, Additional Writing
• 2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed — Writer, Co-Producer
• 2003Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over — Riley (voice)
• 2003Melvin Goes to Dinner — Scott
• 2003The Ghouls — Det. Cotton
• 2003The Man Who Invented The Moon — Co-Executive Producer
• 2002Scooby-Doo — Screenplay, Story
• 2001Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV — Dr. Flem Hocking
• 2000The Specials — Minute Man, Writer, Co-Producer
• Troma's Edge TV — Director, Writer
• 1999Terror Firmer — Original Story
• 1997Hamster PSA — Director, Writer
• The Tromaville Cafe — Creator
• 1996Tromeo & Juliet — Found a Peanut Father, Assistant Director, Screenplay, Executive In Charge Of Production
• The Investigators — Teleplay
• Absolute Batman — Executive Producer
• Joker: Laugh Riot — Executive Producer
• Krypto — Executive Producer
• Lollipop Chainsaw New Project — Video Game
• Mister Miracle — Executive Producer
• Sgt. Rock — Producer
• The Brave and the Bold — Producer
• The People v. Gorilla Grodd — Executive Producer
• Untitled Bane and Deathstroke Film — Producer
• Untitled Wonder Woman Film — Producer

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2026The Making of Supergirl — Self
• Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn — Self - Host
• DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast — Self
• Grave Conversations — Self
• MPower — Self
• 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Self - Writer / Director
• Superpowered: The DC Story — Self
• 2020Out of Shadows — Self (archive)
• 2020VHS Massacre Too — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• 2018Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe — Self
• Sock or Hat? — Self
• 2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie! — Self
• 2009Direct Your Own Damn Movie! — Self
• 2009Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman — Self
• Scream Queens — Self - Judge
• 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments — Self
• 2006Done the Impossible — Self
• 2004Tales from the Crapper — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2002Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie' — Self
• Big Brother — Self - Guest
• Jeopardy! — Self - Clue Presenter