Brad Pitt produced 2006 crime drama The Departed.
Brad Pitt . He produced The Departed ( 2006 ) and 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) , both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture , and also The Tree of Life , Moneyball , and The Big Short ( 2015 ) , all of which garnered Best Picture nominations . The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan .