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Writer: James Vanderbilt

James Vanderbilt wrote Zodiac, which is the outstanding credit: a two-and-a-half hour investigation film that declines to solve its case because the historical record does not.

He also wrote The Amazing Spider-Man, White House Down and Independence Day: Resurgence, and produced extensively.

Zodiac’s script is built from Robert Graysmith’s books and an enormous amount of primary research, and its refusal of a conclusion is what separates it from every other serial killer film of the period.

Basic (2003) film poster

James Vanderbilt

Basic (2003)

Rashomon-style investigation of a Panama training accident. Basic is John McTiernan's 2003 American military thriller.

Zodiac (2007) film poster

James Vanderbilt

Zodiac (2007)

David Fincher's 2007 procedural on the SF Zodiac killer investigation. Three protagonists, no killer caught.