Who directed the 2013 zombie film World War Z?

Marc Forster directed the 2013 zombie film World War Z.

The film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who travels internationally while searching for a way to stop a rapidly spreading zombie pandemic. Its large-scale action sequences show outbreaks in several locations, including Philadelphia, Jerusalem, Wales, and Nova Scotia.

World War Z is loosely based on Max Brooks’s 2006 novel of the same name. The novel is structured as an oral history assembled after a global war, while the film follows one protagonist during the crisis. This difference is why the movie’s plot does not directly reproduce the book’s interview-based format.

Forster had previously directed films including Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace, and The Kite Runner. World War Z became one of the highest-grossing zombie films and was followed by extensive discussion of its production changes and reshoots.