John Frankenheimer directed Ronin.
John Frankenheimer . Among his credits were Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ) , The Manchurian Candidate ( 1962 ) , Seven Days in May ( 1964 ) , The Train ( 1964 ) , Seconds ( 1966 ) , Grand Prix ( 1966 ) , French Connection II ( 1975 ) , Black Sunday ( 1977 ) , and Ronin ( 1998 ) . Ronin is a 1998 American spy action-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer , starring Robert De Niro , Jean Reno , Natascha McElhone , Stellan Skarsgård , Sean Bean , and Jonathan Pryce , and written by David Mamet ( under the pseudonym Richard Weisz ) from a screenplay by first-time writer John David Zeik .