James Gunn Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Co-producer, Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: Before entering the Hollywood big leagues, filmmaker James Gunn cut his teeth working with cult-favorite Troma Entertainment, writing 1996's Tromeo and Juliet and even co-authoring a book with Troma president Lloyd Kaufman. Beginning with 2002's Scooby Doo, Gunn became a sought-after screenwriter...Read More

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Slither

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Tania Saulnier

Synopsis: A mysterious meteor infected with a deadly alien plague brings chaos to a small hunting town in the feature-length directorial debut of screenwriter James Gunn (Scooby-Doo, Dawn of the Dead). Booted out of bed by his young, trophy-wife Starla (Elizabeth Banks), and in desperate need of some female Read More

3/31/06
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter Boyle, Tim Blake Nelson, Alicia Silverstone, Neil Fanning

Synopsis: America's favorite teenage canine-led crime fighters earn a second shot at the big screen in this sequel to the hit comedy Scooby-Doo. The reunited Mystery Inc. team -- Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Velma (Linda Cardellini), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and Scooby-Doo Read More

3/26/04
Dawn of the Dead

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell

Synopsis: The feature-film debut of director Zack Snyder, Dawn of the Dead is a modern retelling of George Romero's 1978 horror classic, which was actually the second film in a trilogy that began with Night of the Living Dead and concluded with Day of the Dead. Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames star as two of Read More

3/19/04
LolliLove

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: James Gunn, Jenna Fischer, Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Judy Greer

Synopsis: A wealthy couple attempts to give back to their community by handing out giant lollipops to the local homeless population in the mockumentary-style directorial debut of The Office star Jenna Fischer. On the surface, James and Jenna (real-life husband and wife team James Gunn and Jenna Fischer) Read More

2004
Scooby-Doo

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: The long-running cartoon from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that began life in 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? becomes this live-action, tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure featuring a computer-generated version of the easily frightened, mush-mouthed Great Dane. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as Read More

6/14/02
The Specials

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Rob Lowe, Jamie Kennedy, Thomas Haden Church, Paget Brewster, Kelly Coffield

Synopsis: A satire of comic-book superheroes in the same vein as the 1999 Mystery Men, The Specials is set in a parallel universe where gangs of superheroes regularly compete against one another for glory or, failing that, flattering action-figure likenesses. The Specials are one of these gangs, and not a Read More

2000
Tromeo and Juliet

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Debbie Rochon, Valentine Miele, Sean Gunn

Synopsis: Notorious schlock and psychotronic production company Troma (known for such classics as Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High) hails Tromeo and Juliet, its contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's love tragedy, a "thrill-a-minute, body-piercing, computer sex, sapphic, car-crashing Read More

1996