James Gunn - Screenwriter and Director

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James Gunn
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American Movies Director

• Highest Rated 94 Avengers Endgame (2019)
• Lowest Rated 4 Movie 43 (2013)

Screenwriter and director James Gunn applied his
fondness for the comic book idiom -- as well as a
healthy dash of irreverent humor -- to a host of
popular genre films, including "Scooby-Doo"
(2002), a remake of George A. Romero's "Dawn of
the Dead" (2004), and the Marvel Cinematic
Universe bockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy"
(2014).
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• Birthday Aug 05, 1966
• Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 5, 1970,
Gunn was raised in a large Irish Catholic family
in the suburb of Manchester. As a child, he
struggled to connect with his peers, but found
solace in a huge comic book collection purchased
for him by his father. From there, he began
experimenting with Super 8 movies, which allowed
him to experiment with early efforts in the
horror genre. He briefly attended college but
dropped out to play in a rock band. He also
briefly supported himself as a hospital orderly
in Tucson, Arizona while also writing and drawing
comic strips for underground publications.
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Bachelor's Degree at St. Louis University
Gunn completed his bachelor's degree at St. Louis
University and headed for New York, where he
received an MFA in creative writing from Columbia
University. While there, he penned his first
novel, The Toy Collector (1999), while also
exploring the world of low-budget filmmaking with
the New York-based exploitation production
company Troma Entertainment. Initially hired as
an intern, Gunn was quickly promoted to write and
co-direct one of the company's most substantial
hits, the raunchy spoof "Tromeo and Juliet"
(1996). In 2000, he relocated to Los Angeles to
write and produce "The Specials" (2000), a
superhero comedy with Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden
Church and Judy Greer that became a minor cult
hit on home video.
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Gunn scored his first major hit with the script
for a live-action film version of "Scooby-Doo"
(2002), starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah
Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, and Matthew
Lillard as the Mystery Machine team. This
surprise hit was soon followed by a sequel,
"Scooby-Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed" (2004) and the
script for director Zach Snyder's remake of "Dawn
of the Dead" (2004). Gunn scored his first major
hit with the script for a live-action film
version of "Scooby-Doo" (2002), starring Freddie
Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda
Cardellini, and Matthew Lillard as the Mystery
Machine team. This surprise hit was soon followed
by a sequel, "Scooby-Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed"
(2004) and the script for director Zach Snyder's
remake of "Dawn of the Dead" (2004).
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