Who directed the 2012 film 'Zero Dark Thirty'?
Zero Dark Thirty the 9/11 Commission. Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid that resulted in bin Laden's death on May 2, 2011. Jessica Chastain stars as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, James Gandolfini, Kyle Chandler, Stephen Dillane, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez, Fares Fares, Jennifer Ehle,
Zero Dark Thirty no denying its power." Critic Katey Rich of "The Guardian" said: "Telling a nearly three-hour story with an ending everyone knows, Bigelow and Boal have managed to craft one of the most intense and intellectually challenging films of the year." Calling "Zero Dark Thirty" "a milestone in post-Sept. 11 cinema", critic A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" listed the film at number six of the top 10 films of 2012. "The New Yorker" film critic David Denby lauded the filmmakers for their approach. "The virtue of "Zero Dark Thirty"," wrote Denby, "is that it pays close attention to