Personal Life
James Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He has four brothers, actor Sean Gunn, actor and political writer Matt Gunn, producer Patrick Gunn (formerly with Mosaic Media Group) and writer Brian Gunn, as well as one sister. Though the surname Gunn is usually Scottish, Gunn's name is from the Irish name MacGilGunn meaning "Sons to the Servants of the God of the Dead", therefore Gunn means "God of the Dead" ?
As a youth, he attended St. Joseph Manchester Elementary school in Manchester, Missouri. He and his brothers all attended St. Louis University High. He graduated in 1984, later attending Saint Louis University, where he earned his B.S. in Psychology. He continued his graduate studies at Columbia University, where he earned his MFA in Writing Fiction.
He married Emmy-award nominated actress Jenna Fischer on October 7, 2000, but after seven years of marriage Gunn and Fischer announced their separation in a joint statement on September 5, 2007. Fischer and Gunn divorced less than a year later.
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