Zack Snyder
American filmmaker (born 1966)
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Key Takeaways
- Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker.
- In 2004, he founded the production company The Stone Quarry (formerly Cruel and Unusual Films, Inc.
- Early life and education Zachary Edward Snyder was born on March 1, 1966, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and raised in Riverside, Connecticut, or Greenwich, Connecticut.
- His father, Charles Edward "Ed" Snyder, worked as an executive recruiter.
- He has an older sister, Audrey.
Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. After starting his career primarily directing music videos, 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.
Aside from comic adaptation, 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 Cruel and Unusual Films, Inc.) alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller.
Early life and education
Zachary Edward Snyder was born on March 1, 1966, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and raised in Riverside, Connecticut, or Greenwich, Connecticut. His mother, Marsha Manley (née Reeves), was a painter and a photography teacher at Daycroft School, which Snyder later attended. His father, Charles Edward "Ed" Snyder, worked as an executive recruiter. Marsha always nurtured her son's artistic side, buying him his first film camera. He has an older sister, Audrey. He also had an older brother, Sam, who died in a car accident when Snyder was a teenager.
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