Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American action thriller directed and co-produced by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) with screenplay by Mark Boal. Billed as "the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man," the film chronicles American efforts to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. It stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, and Mark Strong.