James Gunn (born August 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, producer, actor, and musician. His siblings include
Sean and
Matt Gunn. Gunn started his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990s, and has written the scripts for
Tromeo and Juliet (1996),
Scooby-Doo (2002), its sequel
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and the 2004 version of
Dawn of the Dead. He then started working also as a director, starting with
Slither in 2006. He subsequently wrote and directed the web series
James Gunn's PG Porn and the
superhero films Super (2010) and
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).