Directed by Zack Snyder   Written by George A. Romero   James Gunn ... screenplay Cast Sarah Polley ... Ana Ving Rhames ... Kenneth Jake Weber ... Michael Mekhi Phifer ... Andre Ty Burrell ... Steve Michael Kelly ... CJ Kevin Zegers ... Terry Michael Barry ... Bart Lindy Booth ... Nicole Jayne Eastwood ... Norma Boyd Banks ... Tucker Inna Korobkina ... Luda R.D. Reid ... Glen Kim Poirier ... Monica Matt Frewer ... Frank Louis Ferreira ... Luis (as Justin Louis) Hannah Lochner ... Vivian Bruce Bohne ... Andy Ermes Blarasin ... Bloated Woman Sanjay Talwar ... Doctor Rosen Kim Roberts ... Cora Tim Post ... Reviving Doctor Matt Sadowski ... EMS Technician (as Matt Austin) Philip DeWilde ... EMS Technician Colm Magner ... Armed Neighbor Luigia Zucaro ... Naked Woman Geoff Williams ... Metro Bus Driver Mike Realba ... Maintenance Man David Campbell ... Squished Zombie Phillip MacKenzie ... Thrashing Zombie (as Philip MacKenzie) Laura de Carteret ... Washington Politician (as Laura DeCarteret) Georgia Craig ... Anchorwoman Tino Monte ... Istanbul Reporter Chris Gillett ... Older Anchorwoman Derek Keurvorst ... Scientist Dan Duran ... Confused Reporter Neville Edwards ... CDC Spokesman Sandy Jobin-Bevans ... CDC Reporter Natalie Brown ... CDC Reporter Liz West ... CDC Reporter Blu ... Chips the Dog Scott H. Reiniger ... The General (as Scott Reiniger) Tom Savini ... The County Sheriff Ken Foree ... The Televangelist Uncredited Cast Kim Kerns ... Girl on Steve's Boat in Video Darren Marsman ... Maintenance Man Zombie Zack Snyder ... Commando at White House Produced by Marc Abraham ... producer Armyan Bernstein ... executive producer Thomas A. Bliss ... executive producer Dennis E. Jones ... executive producer Michael D. Messina ... co-producer Eric Newman ... producer Richard P. Rubinstein ... producer Original Music by Tyler Bates   Special Effects by Tony Acosta Jr. ... special effects technician Damon Bishop ... special effects makeup Jason Board ... assistant special effects rigger / special effects foreman Gary D'Amico ... special effects coordinator: Los Angeles Damian Fisher ... special effects technician Cliona Furey ... special effects hair Daniel Gibson ... assistant special effects technician: second unit Bob Hall ... zombie effects coordinator Chris Jones ... special effects technician Gary Kleinsteuber ... key special effects technician: second unit Arthur Langevin ... pyrotechnics supervisor Rocco Larizza ... first assistant on-set special effects Drew Longland ... special effects technician Jim McGillivary ... on-set key special effects / special effects foreman Laird McMurray ... special effects coordinator / special effects director Bill McShane ... special effects Shane Million ... special effects technician Lisa Pacitto ... shop supervisor Cameron Patterson ... special effects crew John Poulter ... special effects technician Marcus Rait ... special effects technician David Reaume ... special effects technician Jim Reischl ... special effects technician Troy Rundle ... assistant zombie effects / special effects technician Peter Sissakis ... special effects technician: second unit Stani Veselinovic ... special effects technician Stephen Wallace ... key special effects rigger / special effects rigging key Daniel White ... special effects 1st rigging Steve Carbajal ... water truck operator Ray Comiso ... special effects technician Visual Effects by Brian Anderson ... 3d artist Barb Benoit ... digital compositor Dennis Berardi ... visual effects supervisor: Mr. X, Inc. Kristy Blackwell ... digital environment supervisor Dominik Bochenski ... additional compositor Mark Chong ... technical supervisor Patrick Clancey ... digital opticals Patrick Coffey ... digital effects artist: zombie coach / visual effects designer Shawney Cohen ... cg supervisor Marc Cote ... motion control operator Rob Del Ciancio ... digital compositor Bonnie Dickson ... assistant compositor: Mr. X Inc. Michael Eaves ... digital color timer: efilm Jay Field ... compositor Shane Glading ... technical supervisor Marc-André Guindon ... animator Noel Hooper ... digital compositor Aazim Khan ... additional 3D support / digital artist Denny Kurien ... additional 3D support / animator Yannick Leblanc ... motion control technical director Kevin Lin ... quality control coordinator, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision Jef Lonn ... digital compositor Lisa Maher ... visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood Daniel Mizuguchi ... additional 3D support Andrew Nguyen ... compositor / matte painter Mark Palowich ... 3d artist Marco Polsinelli ... additional compositor Vladimir Popovic ... systems administrator Matt Ralph ... additional 3D support / digital effects artist Eric J. Robertson ... visual effects producer Shervin Shoghian ... digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. Sharon Smith Holley ... visual effects editor Mark Stepanek ... additional 3D support Derek Sunderland ... 3D artist / CG artist Hoa Tran ... 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. / additional 3D support Aaron Weintraub ... visual effects supervisor: Mr. X, Inc. Steve Wittmann ... 3D animator / 3D artist Humberto Zamorate ... cg artist: Prologue Wojciech Zielinski ... additional 3D support / digital artist Heather Grieve ... office administrator Thomas Mathai ... data manager Stunts Nick Alachiotis ... stunts Taryn Ash ... stunts Brittney Banks ... stunts / utility stunts Ron Bell ... stunts Matt Birman ... assistant stunt coordinator Randy Butcher ... stunts: various zombies & Jay Leno Zombie Chad Camilleri ... stunts Shane Cardwell ... stunts Damon Caro ... zombie fight choreographer / stunt coordinator: additional scenes Scott Alan Cook ... stunts / stunt double Shelley Cook ... stunts Wayne Downer ... stunts Joel Harris ... stunts Ernie Jackson ... stunts David Jacox ... stunts Brian Jagersky ... stunts Erin Jarvis ... stunts Blair Johannes ... stunts Jamie Jones ... stunts Kym Kristalie ... stunts Danny Lima ... stunts Patrick Mark ... stunts Darren Marsman ... stunts Cotton Mather ... stunts Christopher McGuire ... stunts Darren McGuire ... stunts / stunt double David McKeown ... stunt performer Dwayne McLean ... stunts Regan Moore ... stunt performer Layton Morrison ... stunts / utility stunts Nick Nolan ... stunts Billy Oliver ... stunts Efosa Otuomagie ... stunts Rick Parker ... stunts Edward A. Queffelec ... stunts Ken Quinn ... stunts Alison Reid ... stunts Bryan Renfro ... stunts Kevin Rushton ... stunts / utility stunts Paul Rutledge ... stunts Robert C. Shannon ... water safety supervisor Mary Ann Stevens ... stunts David Stinson ... stunts John Stoneham Jr. ... stunt coordinator / fight coordinator / stunt performer Bryan J. Thomas ... stunt performer Ken Trunj ... stunts Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle ... stunts Len Wagner ... stunts Roy T. Anderson ... stunts David Barrett ... stunts Ermes Blarasin ... stunt player Eric Bryson ... stunts Richard Cetrone ... stunts: reshoots Tommy Chang ... stunts Tim Connolly ... stunts Scotty Cook ... stunt double: hannah lochner Dean Copkov ... stunts Ingrid Coree ... stunt double Flint Eagle ... stunt performer Tom Farr ... stunt performer Tig Fong ... stunts Curtis Hibbert ... stunts Hiro Koda ... utility stunts Henry Korhonen ... stunts Jon Kralt ... stunts Angelica Lisk-Hann ... stunts Steve Lucescu ... stunts Brad Martin ... stunts Duncan McLeod ... stunts Chris Moore ... stunts Shawn C. Orr ... stunts Branko Racki ... stunts Robert Racki ... stunts Rex Reddick ... stunts Herb Reischl Jr. ... stunt performer Chad Sayn ... stunts Shayna Segal ... stunt double Craig Snoyer ... stunts John Stead ... stunt performer Rebecca Stoneham ... stunts Dave Van Zeyl ... stunt performer Thanks Jane Conway ... special thanks

Additional Info Premiere: March 10, 2004 Theatrical Release: March 19, 2004 DVD Release: October 26, 2004 Blu-ray Release: September 30, 2008 Countries: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Strike Entertainment New Amsterdam Entertainment Metropolitan Filmexport Toho-Towa Distributors Universal Studios   (2004) (World-wide) Universal Pictures   (2004) (United States) (theatrical) Peacock   (2020) (United States) (video) Scream Factory   (2017) (United States) (Collector's Edition) (Blu-ray) Scream Factory   (2023) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2007) (United States) (HD-DVD) (video) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2011) (United States) (DVD) Filming Locations 5 Garden Wood Avenue, Caledon, Ontario, Canada   (Ana's house) Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   (marina scenes) Brampton, Ontario, Canada Caledon, Ontario, Canada Canada Clearwater, Florida, USA   (exploding group near end scene) Park Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA   (sailboat scenes) Thornhill Square Mall, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada   (demolished shortly after film came out) Toronto Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating 6.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 6.7 / 10 Site Ranking #689 / 21,075 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 16 total ratings Almost Perfect 24 total ratings Average 9 total ratings Mediocre 7 total ratings Crap 3 total ratings Site Ranking #685 RoboCop (1987) #686 The Matrix Resurrections (2021) #687 Saw II (2005) #688 For A Few Dollars More (1965) #689 Dawn Of The Dead (2004) #690 Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) #691 Moon Knight: Season 1 (2022) #692 Final Destination (2000) #693 Hannibal: Season 2 (2014)