Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, produced by Bekmambetov, Tim Burton, and Jim Lemley, and written by Seth Grahame-Smith, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Simon Kinberg, Michele Wolkoff, and John J. Kelly. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grahame-Smith, depicting a fictionalized history of the American Civil War with the eponymous 16th president of the United States reimagined as having a secret identity as a lifelong vampire hunter fighting against a caste of vampiric slave owners. Benjamin Walker stars as Abraham Lincoln with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas.