Question: When was the director of the 2016 Korean Zombie apocalypse action thriller movie born?

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Zombie Apocalypse (band): Zombie Apocalypse is a crossover thrash/metalcore band formed by current members of Shai Hulud, Shallow Water Grave, and The Risk Taken, as well as former members of the '90s New Jersey band Try.Fail.Try.  In 1998, Shai Hulud members created a zombie-themed band project, called Boddicker.  Boddicker recorded a 2-song demo in 1998 that was never released.  Those two songs are now Zombie Apocalypse songs.

Train to Busan: Train to Busan () is a 2016 South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, and Ma Dong-seok.  The film takes place on a train to Busan, as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks in the country and compromises the safety of the passengers.

Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone: Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone is a downloadable shoot 'em up game published by Konami in October 2011 for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.  It is a direct sequel to 2009's Zombie Apocalypse, starring four new heroes.

Zombie apocalypse: A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature.  In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization.

Zombie Apocalypse (film): Zombie Apocalypse (or 2012: Zombie Apocalypse) is a film by Syfy and The Asylum starring Ving Rhames, Gary Weeks, Johnny Pacar, Robert Blanche, Anya Monzikova, Lesley-Ann Brandt and Taryn Manning.  It was released on the Syfy channel on October 29, 2011.  It was released on DVD on December 27, 2011.

The Walking Dead (comic book): The Walking Dead is an ongoing black-and-white comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore.  It focuses on Rick Grimes, a deputy who is shot in the line of duty and awakens from a coma in the zombie apocalypse that placed Georgia under quarantine.  He finds his wife and son, and meets other survivors, gradually taking on the role of leader among a group and later a community as Rick and his group try to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Yeon Sang-ho: Yeon Sang-ho (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.  He wrote and directed the animated films "The King of Pigs" (2011) and "The Fake" (2013), and the live-action film "Train to Busan" (2016).

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse: "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse" is a blog post by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that uses a zombie apocalypse metaphor to raise public awareness of emergency preparedness.  In a blog post titled "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse", the director of the CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Rear Admiral Ali S. Khan writes: "Take a zombie apocalypse for example.  That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e.  You may laugh now, but when it happens you'll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you'll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency."  Comparing the upcoming hurricane season and possible pandemics to "flesh-eating zombies" from the horror film "Night of the Living Dead" and the video game series "Resident Evil", Khan recommends Americans prepare for natural disasters as they would have prepared for "ravenous monsters".

Zombieland: Zombieland is a 2009 American comedy horror film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.  The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse.  The film follows a geeky college kid making his way through the zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies.  The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009 and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009 in the United States by Columbia Pictures.  "Zombieland" was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film "Dawn of the Dead" as the top-grossing zombie film in the United States until "World War Z" in 2013.

Redcon-1: Redcon-1 is an upcoming 2017 action adventure zombie apocalypse horror film, starring former WWE and TNA Wrestling star Katarina Waters, martial artist and co-producer, Mark Strange ("The Medallion", "Batman Begins"), and Carlos Gallardo ("Planet Terror", "El Mariachi").  The film is produced by Kevin Eastman, who is best known for having co-created the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise.  Working titles for the film included "Zombie Apocalypse" and "Zombie City".  It is Gallardo's second zombie movie.  Over 1000 people played the extras.

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Answer: 1978