James Gunn – Director and Writer of Guardians of the Galaxy
                     James Gunn – Director and Writer of 
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn - American Screenwriter, 
Actor, Producer, and Director
James Gunn was born and raised in 
St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and 
James Francis Gunn. He is from a 
large Catholic family, with Irish and 
Czech ancestry. He began to write 
and perform from an early age. 
When he was twelve years of age, 
he started creating 8mm films, most 
of which were comedic splatter 
films that featured his brothers 
being eviscerated by zombies. 
However, his professional career 
started as a screenwriter in the 
mid-90s. 
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn started acting as a director with Slither, a 
horror-comedy film. Some of his notable works are 
Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, 
and The Suicide Squad.  He has also written and 
directed the superhero film Super. Apart from writing 
and directing these and many other films, he has 
executively produced I Am Groot, Avengers: Infinity 
War, and Avengers: Endgame. James Gunn is now 
famous for the Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn's 
movies are unique, humorous, and at times gross.
James Gunn - Music
While living in St. Louis, Gunn founded a band, The 
Icons, in 1989, serving as lead vocalist. The group 
released the album Mom, We Like It Here on Earth in 
1994, and its songs "Sunday" and "Walking Naked" 
were featured in the film Tromeo and Juliet. The 
Icons disbanded in the mid-1990s. Gunn has 
continued to work in music, composing songs for 
Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and 
Movie 43.  
Film and Television – James Gunn
Gunn began his career in filmmaking with 
Troma Entertainment in 1995, for which he wrote the 
independent film Tromeo and Juliet. Working alongside 
his mentor Lloyd Kaufman, the co-founder of Troma, 
Gunn learned how to write screenplays, produce films, 
scout locations, direct actors, distribute films, and create 
his own poster art. After contributing to several other 
Troma films, Gunn in 2000 wrote, produced and 
performed in the superhero comedy The Specials, 
directed by Craig Mazin and featuring Rob Lowe, 
Thomas Haden Church, Paget Brewster, Judy Greer and 
Jamie Kennedy. 
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