Zack Snyder

American filmmaker (born 1966)

Zack Snyder

Snyder at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

Born|

Zachary Edward Snyder

(1966-03-01) March 1, 1966 (age 58)

Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.

Education| Art Center College of Design (BFA)
Occupations|

* Film director
* film producer
* screenwriter
* cinematographer

Years active| 1990–present
Spouses|

* Denise Weber (divorced)
* Deborah Johnson

(m. 2004)​

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.

## Early life

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Zachary Edward Snyder was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and raised in Riverside, Connecticut. His mother, Marsha Manley (née Reeves; d. 2010),[2] 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.[3][4][5] Marsha always nurtured her son's artistic side, buying him his first film camera. He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut.[6] He has an older sister, Audrey, and was raised as a Christian Scientist.[7] He also had a brother, Sam, who died when Snyder was a teenager.[8]

Snyder attended Camp Owatonna in Harrison, Maine, during the summer months as a child. Snyder studied painting a year after high school at Heatherley School of Fine Art in England, although he had already begun filmmaking.[9] Back in high school, Snyder struggled due to his dyslexia and made his first film there with the camera his mother bought him, using it to make an unflattering commentary about his school's administration that got him expelled.[6] Afterward, Snyder attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.[9] His classmates included fellow future Hollywood directors Michael Bay and Tarsem Singh. Despite being Indian, Singh also played a Nazi in a short film by Snyder.[10] He graduated with a BFA in film in 1989.[11]

The production notes for Snyder's first film Dawn of the Dead describes Snyder as "a comic book and horror film enthusiast in his youth".[12]

## Career

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Snyder at Sydney premiere for Man of Steel

Snyder made his feature film debut with the remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead (2004), and scored a box office hit with the fantasy war film 300 (2006), adapted from writer-artist Frank Miller's Dark Horse Comics miniseries of the same name. His Warner Bros. film Watchmen was released on March 6, 2009, and grossed $185 million worldwide. His follow-up project/animation debut, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, was released on September 24, 2010. Snyder produced, co-wrote, and directed Sucker Punch,[13] which was released on March 25, 2011. The film, based on a script written by Snyder and Steve Shibuya, was about a young woman in a mental hospital who fantasizes of escape with her fellow inmates.

He directed 2013's Man of Steel for Warner Bros., a reboot of the Superman franchise and the jumpstart to the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and produced the prequel/sequel to 300, 300: Rise of an Empire (2014).

During Comic Con 2013, Snyder announced that Batman and Superman would share the screen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, released in 2016. Snyder directed, Cavill reprised his role as Superman, and Ben Affleck played Batman.[14] Snyder directed Warner Bros.' 2017 Justice League, but he exited during post-production to deal with the death of his daughter, Autumn Snyder.[15][16] His replacement was Joss Whedon.[16][1]

On January 29, 2019, Snyder announced that he had signed on to helm Army of the Dead, a zombie heist thriller, for Netflix. Snyder directed and produced the film with his partner and wife, Deborah Snyder, via their newly rebranded production company, The Stone Quarry.[17] His agreement with Netflix has since expanded into several Army of the Dead projects; Army of Thieves, a prequel released in 2021, and Planet of the Dead, a sequel to be created.[18]

On May 20, 2020, Snyder announced that Zack Snyder's Justice League would be released on the streaming service HBO Max in 2021.[19] The film was released on March 18, 2021.

In July 2021, Snyder was officially announced to be developing the film Rebel Moon for Netflix. It was inspired by Star Wars and the films of Akira Kurosawa.[20] Filming began in April 2022 and lasted until November that year, with the project being developed as a two-part film.[21][22]

### Future and potential projects

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Snyder will produce Twilight of the Gods, an anime-style web series inspired by Norse mythology for Netflix.[23] Snyder is also developing a King Arthur film, which he said will be a "faithful retelling".[24] It will be set during the American Gold rush era.[25]

Following Rebel Moon, Snyder will return to direct Planet of the Dead, a sequel to Army of the Dead.[26] He also signed a first-look deal with Netflix.[27]

Snyder has been developing Horse Latitudes, a film about two war photographers, since 2011 although the project is on hold while he works at Netflix.[28]

In 2022, Snyder expressed interest in directing a science fiction film adaptation of the Adult Swim cartoon series Rick and Morty, feeling that such a film would be the closest project he could tackle to make a comedy film.[29]

In a November 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder stated that while he no longer has any interest in tackling superhero comic book adaptations in light of the DCEU continuity's conclusion with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, he would only consider returning for the DC Universe if James Gunn invites him back to direct a faithful adaptation of Miller's The Dark Knight Returns comic book.[6]

## Filmmaking

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### Style

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Snyder often uses slow motion, particularly the technique of speed ramping, in and out of the fight scenes in his films, differing from other directors who make multiple cuts and close-ups during a fight. A minute-long shot from 300 shows King Leonidas slaughtering his enemies, the camera zooming in and out to emphasize each kill and move Leonidas makes.[30]

Snyder said "There are other superhero movies where they joke about how basically no one's getting hurt. That's not us. What is that message? That it's okay that there's this massive destruction with zero consequence for anyone? That's what Watchmen was about in a lot of ways too. There was a scene, that scene where Dan and Laurie get mugged. They beat up the criminals. I was like the first guy, I want to show his arm get broken. I want a compound fracture. I don't want it to be clean. I want you to go, 'Oh my God, I guess you're right. If you just beat up a guy in an alley he's not going to just be lying on the ground. It's going to be messy'."[31]

The Netflix production Army of the Dead was a special project for Snyder as he served as his own cinematographer, as well as this being his first film shot digitally.[32]

### Reception

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Snyder has been described as one of the most polarizing directors of modern cinema.[33][34] David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote that Snyder's "name alone is enough to launch a thousand angry tweets, and the most passionate writing about his work is exclusively found in the comment sections of websites like this one. Snyder's critics really seem to hate him, and Snyder's fans really seem to hate his critics ... Is Snyder a master or a hack? A misunderstood myth-maker, or a meathead with a movie camera?"[33] Film critic Armond White listed Snyder as one of the four best filmmakers of the 2010s.[35] Director James Cameron praised Snyder, listing him as one of the filmmakers who created their own "cinematic language".[36]

## Personal life

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In 2009, Snyder listed Excalibur, Mad Max 2, A Clockwork Orange, Blue Velvet, and RoboCop as his five favorite films.[37][38]

### Family

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Snyder lives in Pasadena, California with his second wife, producer Deborah Johnson. The couple first met in 1996, began dating in 2002, and married on September 25, 2004, at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, New York.[39][40] He was previously married to Denise Weber.

Snyder has eight children: two biological children and two adopted daughters with Weber, two biological sons from a relationship with Kirsten Elin, and two adopted children with Johnson.[7] The suicide of his daughter Autumn prompted Snyder to withdraw from post-production work on Justice League in May 2017 to be with his family, which resulted in Joss Whedon completing the film in his place.[16][1]

### Philanthropy

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Following his daughter's suicide, Snyder became involved in philanthropic activities directed towards suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Snyder promoted this effort on social media by selling clothing and merchandise related to the Snyder Cut; in May 2021, it was revealed that this effort had raised more than $750,000 in charitable donations to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.[41]

In another effort to help with suicide prevention, Snyder included a billboard for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention with the message "You are not alone" in a scene in Zack Snyder's Justice League. The film features other tributes to his late daughter.[42][43][44]

Snyder directed two PSAs for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2018.[45]

In 2021, Snyder partnered with Save the Children, a global child rights organization, to build a 100-bed temporary hospital facility in New Delhi to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[46]

### Political views

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Although his films have been critiqued as having "right-wing" messages,[47] politically, Snyder is a Democrat. He endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.[48] In a 2021 interview with The Guardian, he stated: "I vote Democrat! I'm a true lover of individual rights. I've always been a super-strong advocate of women's rights and a woman's right to choose, and I've always been surrounded by powerful women. And, of course, I'm a huge advocate for the rights of all ethnicities and every walk of life. I would say I'm a pretty liberal guy. I want to make sure everyone's heard and everyone feels included. I don't have a rightwing political agenda. People see what they want to see. For me, that was not certainly the point."[49]

## Filmography

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### Films

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Year  | Title  | Director | Writer | Producer | DoP | Notes

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2004  | Dawn of the Dead | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Directorial debut
2007  | 300 | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Co-wrote with Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon
2009  | Watchmen | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |
2010  | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |
2011  | Sucker Punch | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Co-wrote with Steve Shibuya
2013  | Man of Steel | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |
2014  | 300: Rise of an Empire | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Co-wrote with Kurt Johnstad
2016  | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |
Suicide Squad | No  | No  | Executive  | No  | Also directed the Flash cameo scene
2017  | Wonder Woman | No  | Story  | Yes  | No  | Co-wrote story with Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs
Justice League | Yes[N 1] | Story  | No  | No  | Co-wrote story with Chris Terrio
2018  | Aquaman | No  | No  | Executive  | No  |
2020  | Wonder Woman 1984 | No  | No  | Yes  | No  |
2021  | Zack Snyder's Justice League[N 2] | Yes  | Story  | No  | No  | Co-wrote story with Chris Terrio and Will Beall
Army of the Dead | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold
The Suicide Squad | No  | No  | Executive  | No  |
Army of Thieves | No  | Story  | Yes  | No  | Co-wrote story with Shay Hatten
2023  | Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire[N 3] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Co-wrote with Kurt Johnstad and Shay Hatten
2024  | Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver[N 4] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Snyder at 2013 San Diego Comic-Con

### Short films

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Year  | Title  | Credited as  | Notes

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Director | Writer | Producer | DoP
1990  | Playground | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Direct-to-video documentary
2004  | The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |
2009  | Tales of the Black Freighter | No  | Yes  | Executive  | No  | Direct-to-video
Under the Hood | No  | No  | Executive  | No
2013  | Superman 75th Anniversary | Yes  | Story  | No  | No  | Co-wrote story with Bruce Timm
2017  | Snow Steam Iron | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |

### Music videos

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Year  | Artist  | Song

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1989  | Lizzy Borden | "Love Is a Crime"
1992  | Peter Murphy | "You're So Close"
Morrissey | "Tomorrow"
Soul Asylum | "Somebody to Shove"
1993  | "Black Gold"
Alexander O'Neal | "In the Middle"
Paul Westerberg | "World Class Fad"
1994  | ZZ Top | "World of Swirl"
Dionne Farris | "I Know"
1995  | Rod Stewart | "Leave Virginia Alone"
2009  | My Chemical Romance | "Desolation Row"

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Credited as  | Notes

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Director | Writer | Executive
Producer | Creator
2021  | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Special co-director
2022  | Teen Titans Go! | No  | No  | No  | No  | Episode: "365," guest star
2024  | Twilight of the Gods | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes[52] | In production[53][54]

## Awards and nominations

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Snyder's body of work has earned him a number of awards, including two Clio Awards and a Gold Lion Award for his Jeep "Frisbee" commercial.[55]He also won the Society of British Advertisers Award for Humor for his controversial EB Beer commercial "General's Party."[56][57]

Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result

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2004 | Cannes Film Festival | Golden Camera | Dawn of the Dead | Nominated
2007 | Golden Schmoes Award | Best Director of the Year | 300 | Nominated
Hollywood Film Award | Hollywood Movie of the Year | Won
2008 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Won
Best Writing (Shared with Michael B. Gordon & Kurt Johnstad) | Nominated
2009 | ShoWest Award | Director of the Year | Watchmen | Won
2010 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Nominated
SFX Award | Best Director | Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association Award | Best Animated Feature Film | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Nominated
2013 | Hollywood Film Award | Hollywood Movie of the Year | Man of Steel | Nominated
2014 | Jupiter Award | Best International Film | Nominated
2017 | Golden Raspberry Award | Worst Director | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Nominated
Jupiter Award | Best International Film | Nominated
Dragon Awards | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie (Shared with Patty Jenkins, Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs | Wonder Woman | Won
Satellite Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay (Shared with Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs | Nominated
2018 | American Film Institute | Top Ten Films of the Year (Shared with Charles Roven, Richard Suckle & Deborah Snyder) | Won
Producers Guild of America Awards | Best Theatrical Motion Picture (Shared with Charles Roven, Richard Suckle & Deborah Snyder | Nominated
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Shared with Patty Jenkins, Allan Heinberg & Jason Fuchs | Won
2021 | Hollywood Critics Association | Valiant Award | Himself | Won
Dragon Awards | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Nominated
2022 | Academy Awards | Oscars Cheer Moment | "The Flash enters the speed force" – Zack Snyder's Justice League | Won
Oscars Fan Favorite | Army of the Dead | Won
2024 | Joy Awards | Honorary Entertainment Makers Award | Himself | Won

## Notes

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1. ^ Snyder was the director of Justice League during principal photography, but was replaced by Joss Whedon during post-production. Snyder retained directorial credit for the finished film, though reports have indicated Whedon reshot a significant portion of the film. Snyder later edited a director's cut of the film, removing all of Whedon's footage and restoring his own footage that was deleted in the theatrical release.[1][16][19]
2. ^ Snyder shot four to five minutes of additional footage in late 2020 for his cut.[1][16][19]
3. ^ The R-rated director's cut is retitled Rebel Moon – Chapter One: Chalice of Blood[50]
4. ^ The R-rated director's cut is retitled Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness[51]

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zack Snyder.

* Cruel and Unusual Films – Snyder's production company
* Zack Snyder at IMDb

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Zack Snyder

Films directed|

* Dawn of the Dead (2004)
* 300 (2006)
* Watchmen (2009)
* Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
* Sucker Punch (2011)
* Man of Steel (2013)
* Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
* Justice League (2017)
* production
* Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
* Army of the Dead (2021)
* Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
* Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

Films produced|

* 300: Rise of an Empire (2014, also co-writer)
* Wonder Woman (2017, also story co-writer)
* Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
* Army of Thieves (2021, also story co-writer)

Related|

* The Stone Quarry
* Deborah Snyder
* Army of the Dead (franchise)

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Saturn Award for Best Director

1970s|

* Mel Brooks \- Young Frankenstein (1974/75)
* Dan Curtis \- Burnt Offerings (1976)
* George Lucas \- Star Wars / Steven Spielberg \- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
* Philip Kaufman \- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
* Ridley Scott \- Alien (1979)

1980s|

* Irvin Kershner \- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
* Steven Spielberg \- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* Nicholas Meyer \- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
* John Badham \- WarGames (1983)
* Joe Dante \- Gremlins (1984)
* Ron Howard \- Cocoon (1985)
* James Cameron \- Aliens (1986)
* Paul Verhoeven \- RoboCop (1987)
* Robert Zemeckis \- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* James Cameron \- The Abyss (1989/90)

1990s|

* James Cameron \- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Francis Ford Coppola \- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
* Steven Spielberg \- Jurassic Park (1993)
* James Cameron \- True Lies (1994)
* Kathryn Bigelow \- Strange Days (1995)
* Roland Emmerich \- Independence Day (1996)
* John Woo \- Face/Off (1997)
* Michael Bay \- Armageddon (1998)
* The Wachowskis \- The Matrix (1999)

2000s|

* Bryan Singer \- X-Men (2000)
* Peter Jackson \- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
* Steven Spielberg \- Minority Report (2002)
* Peter Jackson \- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Sam Raimi \- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
* Peter Jackson \- King Kong (2005)
* Bryan Singer \- Superman Returns (2006)
* Zack Snyder \- 300 (2007)
* Jon Favreau \- Iron Man (2008)
* James Cameron \- Avatar (2009)

2010s|

* Christopher Nolan \- Inception (2010)
* J. J. Abrams \- Super 8 (2011)
* Joss Whedon \- Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
* Alfonso Cuarón \- Gravity (2013)
* James Gunn \- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
* Ridley Scott \- The Martian (2015)
* Gareth Edwards \- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
* Ryan Coogler \- Black Panther (2017)
* Jordan Peele \- Us (2018/19)
* J. J. Abrams \- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019/20)

2020s|

* Matt Reeves \- The Batman (2021/22)
* James Cameron \- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022/23)

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