Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder in March 2011
Born	Zachary Edward Snyder March 1, 1966 (1966-03-01) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
Years active	1990–present
Notable works	Sucker Punch, Watchmen, 300, Dawn of the Dead, Man of Steel
Spouse	Deborah Snyder (September 25, 2004–present)

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for action/science fiction movies.

Career

After making his career debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics miniseries of 300, and later went on to direct the 2009 superhero film Watchmen, an adaptation of the Watchmen a comic book of the same name. He is the co-founder of Cruel and Unusual Films, a production company he established in 2004, alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller.

His first family film was the 2010 animated family adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, based on the first three books of the series by Kathryn Lasky. His most recent film is Sucker Punch, which he directed and co-wrote. He has also been hired by Warner Bros. to direct a reboot of the Superman film series titled Man of Steel.

Personal life

Snyder was born on March 1, 1966 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He has been married to Deborah Snyder since 2004.

Movies

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Distributor(s)
2004	Dawn of the Dead	Yes	No	No	Universal Pictures
2007	300	Yes	No	Yes	Warner Bros. Pictures
2009	Watchmen	Yes	No	No	Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Yes	No	No	Warner Bros. Pictures
2011	Sucker Punch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Warner Bros. Pictures
2013	Man of Steel	Yes	No	No	Warner Bros. Pictures
2013	Army of the Dead	No	Yes	Yes	Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures
2013	300: Battle of Artemisia	No	Yes	Yes	Warner Bros. Pictures
TBA	Legend of the Guardians 2	Yes	No	Yes	Warner Bros. Pictures
TBA	The Illustrated Man	Yes	No	No	Warner Bros. Pictures
TBA	Cobalt 60	Yes	Yes	No	Universal Pictures
2015	Justice League	Yes	No	Yes	Warner Bros. Pictures

Music videos

• "Tomorrow" performed by Morrissey (1992)
• "World Class Fad" performed by Paul Westerberg (1993)
• "I Know" performed by Dionne Farris (1994)
• "Walk This World" performed by Heather Nova (1995)
• "Desolation Row" performed by My Chemical Romance (2009)

Other websites

• Zack Snyder at the Internet Movie Database