Mark Gunn (screenwriter)

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Mark Gunn
Education College of the Holy Cross
OccupationScreenwriter

Mark Gunn is an American screenwriter and producer based in Pasadena, California who wrote the screenplays for the films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Brightburn .

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Early life and education

Mark Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the cousin of screenwriter James Gunn, [1] actor and political writer Matt Gunn, [2] former Senior Vice President of Artisan Entertainment Patrick Gunn, [3] actor Sean Gunn, [2] and writer Brian Gunn. [4]

He graduated St. Louis University High School [5] and went on to attend the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Career

Gunn's first job was writing the MTV movie 2gether. He is also known for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), [6] Bring It On Again (2004) [7] and 2gether (2000). [8] He was elected to the Writers Guild of America West Board of Directors in 2006.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Thursday Afternoon Production AssistantShort
2000 2gether Soundtrack/Executive Producer/WriterTV movie
2002 2gether: The Series Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/DirectorTV series
2004 Bring It On Again Screenwriter
2005 Daisy Does America Creative consultantTV series
2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Screenwriter
2019 Brightburn Screenwriter/Executive Producer

References

  1. ↑ Gunn, James (July 5, 2015). "My brother Brian's dream about..." Twitter . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Notable Alumni: SLUH". St. Louis University High School. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2014. James Gunn '84, filmmaker and screenwriter; Brian Gunn '88, screenwriter; Matt Gunn '90, writer for HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher; Sean Gunn '92, actor.
  3. ↑ Patrick Gunn profile, qualiacapital.com; accessed December 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ McNary, Dave (December 14, 2017). "'Guardians of the Galaxy' Director James Gunn to Produce Horror Movie for H Collective". Variety . Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Write Stuff". www.sluh.org. March 12, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ Bring It On Again DVD Talk
  8. ↑ 2Ge+her Bio on MTV
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