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| Born | James Francis Gunn, Jr. August 5, 1966 St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||||
| Positions | Executive Producer Actor (Wrist Watch) Director | ||||||||||||||
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James Francis Gunn, Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an executive Producer on I Am Groot. He also voices Wrist Watch in the series. Gunn also directed How Yondu Ruined Christmas.
He is brothers with actor Sean Gunn, whom he frequently casts in his films.
Biography[]
James Gunn was the director and writer of Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardian of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He directed the mid-credits scene for Thor: The Dark World and Stan Lee's cameos in Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok. Gunn also served as an executive producer on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. In the first Guardians film he portrayed a Sakaaran as well as providing the dancing for Baby Groot, while in the third Guardians he played Lamb-Shank.
Gunn was fired from Marvel Studios by The Walt Disney Company in July 2018 after a series of offensive and controversial tweets were resurfaced. However, Gunn was rehired in March 2019 after a mass public appeal, many saying he was the reason of the previous movies' successes.
In 2022, he was hired by Warner Brothers Discovery to be co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran.
Other notable works include Tromeo and Juliet, The Specials, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Dawn of the Dead, Slither, PG Porn, Super, The Belko Experiment, Brightburn, Movie 43, The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker.