Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. 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 (2007) 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). A director’s cut for Justice League was released in 2021. He also directed the computer-animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010), the psychological action film Sucker Punch (2011), and the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021).
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.
Zack Snyder Biography / Wiki
| Name | Zack Snyder |
| Also Know | Зак Снайдер, 查克·å²å¥ˆå¾·, ザック・スナイダー, ìž ìŠ¤ë‚˜ì´ë”, زاك سنايدر |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1966-03-01 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 56 |
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Zack Snyder Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Creating an Army of the Dead | Self | 2021-05-21 | Zack Snyder and his Army of the Dead team dive into the film’s wild stunts, groundbreaking effects and the evolution of the zombie genre…. |
| Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Himself | 2013-10-23 | A documentary detailing the epic Rogues’ Gallery of DC Comics from The Joker and Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Darkseid and more, this documentary will explor… |
| The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics | Himself | 2009-07-21 | The history and impact of the graphic novel Watchmen…. |
| DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Himself | 2016-01-19 | A documentary special taking a look at the upcoming films making up the DC Universe. Kevin Smith hosts with Geoff Johns, as they take a look at Batman… |
| The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Himself | 2013-09-24 | This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward t… |
| Dawn of the Dead | Commando at White House (uncredited) | 2004-03-19 | A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies…. |
| Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Self (archive footage) | 2010-11-09 | A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman…. |
| Wonder Woman | U.S. Soldier (uncredited) | 2017-05-30 | An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict…. |
| Zack Snyder’s Justice League | Man in Coffee Shop (uncredited) | 2021-03-18 | Determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahu… |
| Watchmen | Commando in Vietnam (uncredited) | 2009-03-04 | In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the mask… |
Zack Snyder Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Dawn of the Dead | Director | 2004-03-19 | A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies…. |
| 300 | Director | 2007-03-07 | Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, “300” is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t… |
| Sucker Punch | Director | 2011-03-24 | A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which wil… |
| Watchmen | Director | 2009-03-04 | In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the mask… |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole | Director | 2010-07-10 | Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his… |
| Man of Steel | Director | 2013-06-12 | A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w… |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Director | 2016-03-23 | Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, … |
| Superman 75 | Director | 2013-10-13 | An animated short about the 75 years of Superman…. |
| Snow Steam Iron | Director | 2017-09-19 | “Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alle… |
| Michael Jordan’s Playground | Director | 1990-01-01 | This made-for-video production mixes highlights of Michael Jordan from the ’80s with a fantasy storyline of a high school teen named Walt, who has bee… |
| Justice League | Director | 2017-11-15 | Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisti… |
| Army of the Dead | Director | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| The Only Witness | Second Assistant Director | 2003-08-19 | A little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist after she witnesses a murder…. |
| Zack Snyder’s Justice League | Director | 2021-03-18 | Determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahu… |
| Untitled King Arthur Western | Director | A retelling of the Arthurian Legend set in the Gold Rush era of America being developed by Zack Snyder…. | |
| Rebel Moon | Director | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Horse Latitudes | Director | A photograph becomes the catalyst for two men to undertake a deadly journey into the rugged wilderness of South America…. | |
| Planet of the Dead | Director | A sequel to the 2021 film Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder. The film will connect to both the spin-off film Army of Thieves by Matthias Schweighöfer, … | |
| The Lost Tape: Andy’s Terrifying Last Days Revealed | Director | 2004-10-26 | During the film Dawn of the Dead, the survivors in the shopping mall communicate with a lone man named Andy, who is on the top of a building across th… |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Director | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
Zack Snyder Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Sucker Punch | Producer | 2011-03-24 | A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which wil… |
| 300: Rise of an Empire | Producer | 2014-03-05 | Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistokles faces the massiv… |
| Wonder Woman | Producer | 2017-05-30 | An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict…. |
| Aquaman | Producer | 2018-07-06 | Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at hi… |
| Snow Steam Iron | Producer | 2017-09-19 | “Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alle… |
| Army of the Dead | Producer | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | Producer | 2020-12-16 | A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy…. |
| Tales of the Black Freighter | Executive Producer | 2009-03-24 | A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost…. |
| Under the Hood | Executive Producer | 2009-03-24 | Stars from the Watchmen movie team up in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owl’s powerful firsthand account of how the hooded … |
| Army of Thieves | Producer | 2021-10-27 | A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie … |
| The Suicide Squad | Executive Producer | 2021-07-28 | Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X… |
| Suicide Squad | Executive Producer | 2016-08-03 | From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, un… |
| Rebel Moon | Producer | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Untitled Damon Caro Action Film | Producer | The planned directorial debut of second unit director and stuntman, Damon Caro…. | |
| Planet of the Dead | Producer | A sequel to the 2021 film Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder. The film will connect to both the spin-off film Army of Thieves by Matthias Schweighöfer, … | |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Producer | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
| Epilogue: Etta’s Mission | Producer | 2017-09-19 | Etta Candy and the rest of the Wonder Woman team meeting up to discuss a top-secret mission…. |
| Executive Producer | An anime series surrounding Norse Mythology in development from Zack Snyder and frequent collaborator Jay Olivia for Netflix.
Snyder will executive p… |
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| Executive Producer | Follow Scott and his rescue crew’s efforts to protect all they love during the first phases of the mysterious zombie outbreak in Vegas…. | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| 300 | Screenplay | 2007-03-07 | Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, “300” is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t… |
| Sucker Punch | Screenplay | 2011-03-24 | A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which wil… |
| Tales of the Black Freighter | Writer | 2009-03-24 | A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost…. |
| 300: Rise of an Empire | Screenplay | 2014-03-05 | Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistokles faces the massiv… |
| Sucker Punch | Story | 2011-03-24 | A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which wil… |
| Wonder Woman | Story | 2017-05-30 | An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict…. |
| Snow Steam Iron | Screenplay | 2017-09-19 | “Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alle… |
| Justice League | Story | 2017-11-15 | Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisti… |
| Army of the Dead | Screenplay | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| Zack Snyder’s Justice League | Story | 2021-03-18 | Determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahu… |
| Army of the Dead | Story | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| Untitled King Arthur Western | Writer | A retelling of the Arthurian Legend set in the Gold Rush era of America being developed by Zack Snyder…. | |
| Army of Thieves | Story | 2021-10-27 | A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie … |
| Rebel Moon | Screenplay | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Rebel Moon | Story | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Horse Latitudes | Writer | A photograph becomes the catalyst for two men to undertake a deadly journey into the rugged wilderness of South America…. | |
| Planet of the Dead | Screenplay | A sequel to the 2021 film Army of the Dead by Zack Snyder. The film will connect to both the spin-off film Army of Thieves by Matthias Schweighöfer, … | |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Screenplay | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Story | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
| Blood and Ashes | Writer | A love story between Alexander the Great and Hephaestion. Script in development…. | |
| Original Film Writer | Follow Scott and his rescue crew’s efforts to protect all they love during the first phases of the mysterious zombie outbreak in Vegas…. | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Army of the Dead | Director of Photography | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| Snow Steam Iron | Director of Photography | 2017-09-19 | “Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alle… |
| Army of the Dead | Camera Operator | 2021-05-14 | Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest… |
| Horse Latitudes | Director of Photography | A photograph becomes the catalyst for two men to undertake a deadly journey into the rugged wilderness of South America…. | |
| Rebel Moon | Director of Photography | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Director of Photography | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
| Rebel Moon | Cinematography | A young woman with a mysterious past is dispatched to seek warriors from neighboring planets to take a stand against the armies of a tyrannical regen… | |
| Rebel Moon: Part 2 | Cinematography | Part 2 of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic ‘Rebel Moon’…. | |
| Creator | An anime series surrounding Norse Mythology in development from Zack Snyder and frequent collaborator Jay Olivia for Netflix.
Snyder will executive p… |
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| Creator | Follow Scott and his rescue crew’s efforts to protect all they love during the first phases of the mysterious zombie outbreak in Vegas…. | ||
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