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 Snyder at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Zachary Edward Snyder March 1, 1966 Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education | Art Center College of Design (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
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| Children | 8[1] |
Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Since then, he has directed or produced a number of comic book and superhero films, including 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013), and its follow-ups, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), the latter of which had a director's cut released in 2021. He also directed the animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), the psychological action film Sucker Punch (2011), the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021), and the two-parter space opera films Rebel Moon (2023) and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024).
In 2004, he founded the production company The Stone Quarry (formerly known as Cruel and Unusual Films) alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller.
- ^ "Justice League: Zack Snyder quits movie after daughter kills herself". The Guardian. May 23, 2017. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.