- "Within each of our characters there's a certain beauty... within most of them; some of them are just pretty crappy through and through."
- ―James Gunn on writing The Suicide Squad[src]
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker, actor, novelist, and musician. He has also currently serving as co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran since November 2022. He wrote and directed The Suicide Squad, and wrote Peacemaker.
Gunn appeared as the featured guest in Episode 1 of Podly: The Peacemaker Podcast, a companion video podcast for Peacemaker hosted by Ify Nwadiwe and Fiona Nova.
Interview footage was used for the documentary Superpowered: The DC Story.
Trivia[]
- James Gunn has stated that working on The Suicide Squad was "the greatest, most exciting journey of [his] life."
- James Gunn is the brother of Sean Gunn who is also his frequent collaborator in his movies.
- He is the husband of Jennifer Holland.
- Gunn previously worked with Holland in Brightburn and worked again in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
- James Gunn previously worked with Peter Safran on James Gunn's PG Porn and The Belko Experiment. Safran also received special thanks on Slither and Super.
- Gunn previously worked with Zack Snyder in Dawn of the Dead.
- Gunn worked again with Chukwudi Iwuji in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
- Gunn voiced a fictional version of himself in the DC animated series Harley Quinn.
- Gunn wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
- Gunn played a Maskless Sakaaran in Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Gunn also provided the on-set motion capture for Baby Groot in the dance sequences in Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
- Gunn portrayed a member of The Sneepers in the music video Guardians Inferno for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
- Gunn voiced Wrist Watch in I Am Groot for which he was the executive producer.
- Gunn wrote and directed the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
- Gunn wrote additional dialogue for Avengers: Infinity War for which he was one of the executive producers.
- Gunn was one of the executive producers for Avengers: Endgame.
- When The Suicide Squad and the first season of Peacemaker were finished, Gunn went to work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
- Gunn played Lambshank in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
- Gunn is the second director to have directed both MCU and DCEU films, the first being Joss Whedon.
- However, as Zack Snyder was credited as the director of Justice League, James Gunn is the first person to have officially directed an MCU film and a DCEU film.