James Gunn

Told NYTimes in August 2011 that the horror film with the most profound impact on him when he was young was Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), because the most frightening aspect of all was that it moved him to relate to, or empathize, with the killer.

Choreographed the sex scenes for Tromeo and Juliet (1996).

Interviewed for summer job filing papers at Troma Films, and was instead hired to write the screenplay for Tromeo and Juliet (1996) (and was paid $150 dollars to do so).

The character "Gunn" on the TV series "Angel" (1999) was named such after "Angel" (1999) creator Joss Whedon worked with both James and his brother Sean Gunn.

Wrote the screenplays for both The Specials (2000) and Tromeo and Juliet (1996) in two week binges.

Was hired to write Scooby-Doo (2002) after doing a draft of Spy vs. Spy (1985) (VG) for Warner Bros. and director Jay Roach.

The first person in cinema history to write back-to-back #1 for the weekend box office hits, with Dawn of the Dead (2004) on 19 March 2004 and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) on 26 March 2004.

Appeared as himself in the 2008 novel Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry. Gunn is one of several real-world horror celebrities who are in the fictional town of Pine Deep when monsters attack. Other celebrities include Tom Savini, Brinke Stevens, Ken Foree, Stephen Susco, Debbie Rochon, Joe Bob Briggs and blues man Mem Shannon.