Mark Gunn is an American screenwriter and producer based in

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who wrote the screenplays for the films '' Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'' and ''

Brightburn ''Brightburn'' is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Brian and Mark Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith ...

''.

Life and career

Mark Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the cousin of screenwriter

James Gunn James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a director ...

, actor and political writer

Matt Gunn Matthew Gunn (born April 22, 1972) is an American writer and actor from St. Louis, Missouri. Early life Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker James, actor Sean, screenwriter Brian, producer and former Executive Vice President of Artisan Entertainm ...

, former Senior Vice President of

Artisan Entertainment Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...

Patrick Gunn, actor

Sean Gunn Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films ''Gu ...

, and writer

Brian Gunn Brian Gunn (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Early life and background Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker James, actor Sean, actor and political writer Matt, pro ...

. Gunn is known for '' Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'' (2012), ''

Bring It On Again ''Bring It On Again'' is a 2004 American cheerleading comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner. This film is a sequel to ''Bring It On'', but there are no recurring cast members or canonical refe ...

'' (2004) and 2gether (2000).2Ge+her Bio on MTV
/ref> He was elected to the

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Board of Directors in 2006. He attended St. Louis University High School and the

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in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunn, Mark Living people American screenwriters American producers Year of birth missing (living people)