Who directed the 1995 hacker thriller The Net?

Irwin Winkler directed the 1995 hacker thriller The Net.

The film stars Sandra Bullock as Angela Bennett, a computer systems analyst whose identity is stolen after she receives a mysterious disk containing access to a dangerous computer program. As her records are altered, she must prove who she is while evading people connected to the conspiracy.

The Net was written by Michael Weisman and John Brancato, with Brancato also credited for the story. It was released in the United States on July 28, 1995, during a period when public interest in the internet was rapidly expanding.

The film is sometimes confused with other mid-1990s technology thrillers, including Hackers and Enemy of the State. Those films have different directors and protagonists. The Net specifically focuses on digital identity theft, manipulated databases, and the vulnerability of a person whose official identity depends on computer records.