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Zack Snyder

Also known as Zachary Edward Snyder, Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder

American filmmaker (born 1966)

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Zack Snyder is an American filmmaker known for directing action-heavy movies that often feature striking visual effects and stylized cinematography. His work matters in contemporary cinema because his distinctive approach to adapting comic books and other source material has significantly influenced how superhero and fantasy films are made and marketed.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1966
Works: 5

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300
Justice league
Justice league
Dawn of the dead
Dawn of the dead

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1966-03-01

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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 book adaptations, 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).