Zal Batmanglij is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote the 2011 film Sound of My Voice and the 2013 film The East, both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Batmanglij was born in France to Iranian parents. His mother is the cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij, and his younger brother Rostam Batmanglij is a member of the band Vampire Weekend. Both brothers are gay. Batmanglij grew up in Washington, DC, in the United States. He studied anthropology and English at Georgetown University, graduating in 2002. There he met Mike Cahill in a philosophy class. They took a screenwriting course together and produced a short film that won the Georgetown Film Festival. Brit Marling saw the short film and asked if she could work with them. Several years later, after Marling's graduation, the three friends moved to Los Angeles, California, where Batmanglij attended the American Film Institute Conservatory. For his thesis film, he made a 35mm short called The Recordist (2007), which starred Marling. 잘 배트매글리즈(1981년생, Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France) 는 작가로, OA, 외딴 곳의 살인 초대, 더 이스트, 사운드 오브 마이 보이스, The Recordist 등에 참여했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2023년 외딴 곳의 살인 초대 제작에 참여했다. 2023년 외딴 곳의 살인 초대 집필을 맡았다. 2023년 외딴 곳의 살인 초대 연출을 맡았다.