Veronica Mars is the fictional protagonist, occasional narrator (through voiceovers), and antiheroine of the American television series "Veronica Mars", which aired on UPN from 2004 to 2006 and on The CW from 2006 to 2007.
 The character was portrayed by Kristen Bell through the duration of the series.
 Following the show's cancellation, Bell reprised the role in the 2014 film continuation.
 The character, created by Rob Thomas, was originally male and the protagonist of his unproduced novel "Untitled Rob Thomas Teen Detective Novel", which eventually became the basis of the series.
 After the work's transition from novel to television series, Thomas changed the character's gender from male to female as he believed a noir piece told from a female point of view would be more interesting.
Aditi Ravi is an Indian model and actress, who appears in Malayalam films.
 She pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress, debuting with a commercial for The Times of India during her college education.
 She made her acting debut with the 2014 film "Angry Babies in Love", in a supporting role.
 Her first female lead role was in the 2017 film "Alamara".
Guardians of the Galaxy (retroactively referred to as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
 1) is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
 It is the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 The film was directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro.
 In "Guardians of the Galaxy", Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of extraterrestrial misfits who are fleeing after stealing a powerful artifact.
Star-Lord (Peter Quill) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
 Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in "Marvel Preview" #4 (January 1976).
 The son of a human named Meredith Quill and the Spartoi J'son, Quill assumes the mantle of Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman.
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is an acclaimed Swedish film director, best known for "A Swedish Love Story" (1970) and his "Living trilogy," which includes "Songs from the Second Floor" (2000), "You, the Living" (2007) and "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" (2014).
 "Songs from the Second Floor", more than any other, cemented and exemplified his personal style – which is characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and Felliniesque grotesque.
 He has spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films, but only directing six feature-length films in six decades.
 His 2014 film "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" won the Golden Lion award at 71st Venice International Film Festival, making Andersson the only Swedish director and the second Scandinavian director to win the award in the history of the festival, after Danish Carl Theodor Dreyer won in 1955.
 Anderson is considered one of the most important living European film directors, having four films officially submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as Swedish entries.
Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian film director and producer.
 Sissako is, along with Ousmane Sembène, Souleymane Cissé, Idrissa Ouedraogo and Djibril Diop Mambety, one of the few filmmakers from Africa to reach a measure of international influence.
 His film "Waiting for Happiness" ("Heremakono") was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning the FIPRESCI Prize.
 His 2007 film "Bamako" received much attention.
 Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people.
 His 2014 film "Timbuktu" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Varinder Singh Ghuman (Punjabi: ਵਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਘੁਮਣ ) is an Indian professional bodybuilder and Punjabi wrestler.
 Ghuman has won Mr. India in 2009 and he was awarded 2nd place in Mr. Asia.
 He has been roped in by "Arnold Schwarzenegger" for promoting his health products in Asia as his brand ambassador.
 He appears in the 2012 Punjabi film "Kabaddi Once Again" as lead actor, and in the 2014 film "".
James William Napier Robertson (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand writer, film director and producer, who wrote and directed 2009 film "I'm Not Harry Jenson", and 2014 film "The Dark Horse", for which he won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, and which was declared by New Zealand critics "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made".
 He has also appeared earlier in his career as an actor in Shakespearean theater and several television productions including "The Tribe" and "Being Eve", and has described how acting work "funded his early filmmaking".
Francesco Munzi (born 1969 in Rome) is an Italian film director and writer.
 His first film "Saimir" won as Best debut film at Nastri d'argento , at the Venice International Film Festival and was nominated at the European Film Award and at the David di Donatello.
 He is best known for the 2014 film "Black Souls", which won several awards at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Film, Best Director and Best Script awards at the 60th David di Donatello Awards.
Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter.
 He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the "New Argentine Cinema" movement.
 His film "La libertad" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
 His 2014 film "Jauja" competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
 In addition, he was named Film Society of Lincoln Center 2014 Filmmaker in Residence on 24 June 2014.

Question: Who was the director of the 2014 film in which the character Star-Lord appears?
Answer: James Gunn