James Gunn
Also Known As: 詹姆斯·冈恩, جیمز گان, جيمس غان
Biography: James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery hired Gunn and his longtime producer Peter Safran to become co-chairmen and co-CEOS of DC Studios. Under DC Studios, Gunn will co-produce and executive produce every film and television series under the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which will act as a soft reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). In the DCU, he is the creator of the series Creature Commandos (2024) and the writer-director of the upcoming film Superman (2025). He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series Peacemaker (2022–present) and the Disney+ original special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). Other work for which he is known include writing for the 2004 remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), writing the live-action adaptation of Scooby Doo (2002), and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), writing and producing the horror-action film The Belko Experiment (2016), producing the superhero-horror film Brightburn (2019), and contributing to comedy-anthology film Movie 43 (2013) (directing the segment "Beezel") and the 2012 hack-and-slash video game Lollipop Chainsaw. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gunn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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VHS Massacre Too
Overview: The last stand of the American exploitation film. In a post video store era, media consolidation has led to the censorship and near death of the independent and exploitation film industry. Joe Bob Briggs (Last Drive-in), Debbie Rochon (Toxic Avenger IV), Lloyd Kaufman and James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd) take us on an adventure that leads from the last Blockbuster video store in Bend Oregon to Troma Entertainment in New York, all in an effort to examine how history keeps repeating itself from the video store era to the modern streaming.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Overview: A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-01
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Melvin Goes to Dinner
Overview: Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-04
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The Ghouls
Overview: Eric Hayes is a stringer. One notch below the lowest rung of the journalistic ladder. A video vulture preying on police chases, ambulance runs, and random street violence, selling his footage to the highest bidder and living on a steady diet of cigarettes and bloodlust. For years, Eric has lived off of other people's pain and misery. But he's about to discover something beneath the streets of Los Angeles even hungrier for blood than he is. He's about to discover THE GHOULS.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-06
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Tales from the Crapper
Overview: The Crapkeeper hosts two stories combining highbrow entertainment with kung fu action, alien adventure and vampire lesbian sex.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-29
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The Specials
Overview: America's seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan Nightbird joins the group just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Tromeo & Juliet
Overview: All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo and Juliet as they travel through Manhattan's underground in search of climactic love, violence and the American Way.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Action Fantasy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Overview: Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-03
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LolliLove
Overview: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-21
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Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Overview: A portrait of legendary American film company Troma, Inc., an independent New York-based production house that has specialized in Z-films for over 30 years, and of Troma's eccentric president Lloyd Kaufman.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-25
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Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over
Overview: It's Lucky's first night away from home and it's scary... Until her kennel friends show her that a little independence can be Big Doggie Fun!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Overview: Join visionary director James Gunn and superstars such as Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña as they recount how “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” was conceived, shaped, and delivered to the world. And stand alongside the cast and crew in the emotional final moments of the shoot as they bid farewell to each other, and close this chapter in the saga of Peter Quill and his loveable band of misfit-warriors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-12
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Overview: Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-30
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Overview: Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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Groot's Pursuit
Overview: Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-10
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Super
Overview: After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-26
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Overview: A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the Marvel films, the Marvel One-Shots and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."!
Genres: Documentary TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-18
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Humanzee!
Overview: Half human, half chimpanzee. 100% abomination.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-01
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Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie'
Overview: A feature-length documentary on the making of Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-20
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Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
Overview: The director and his 8-bit avatar lead you on a galactic adventure through the making of this epic movie, from vibrant concept art, elaborate makeup and amazing sets, to dancing baby Groot.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-09
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Slither
Overview: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-31
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Done the Impossible
Overview: A documentary covering Firefly's birth, death and rebirth from the perspective of both the fans and the cast and crew of both productions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-28
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Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Overview: When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment. Over the years he has discovered talents such as Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park, The Book of Mormon) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) to name a few. Candid interviews, tips, tricks and tidbits scattered throughout the DVD give filmmakers practical tools for getting a movie shoot off the ground, keeping it afloat and seeing it through to the end - Lloyd Kaufman shows you how it's really done.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-13
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Guardians Inferno
Overview: Music video, produced for the release of the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2.
Genres: Music Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-08
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