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Zack Snyder

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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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Zack Snyder is the 432nd most popular film director (down from 279th in 2024), the 3,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,806th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Zack Snyder ranks 432 out of 2,041. Before him are J. Lee Thompson, Michael Apted, Mikio Naruse, Richard Boleslawski, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Jerzy Kawalerowicz. After him are Harold Prince, Walter Lantz, Andrew V. McLaglen, Assi Dayan, Michael Radford, and Yves Boisset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Zack Snyder ranks 70. Before him are Max Richter, Yoshihiro Togashi, Jon Favreau, Christian Lorenz, Enzo Scifo, and Matthew Fox. After him are John Layfield, Sean Harris, Kaliopi, Gordon Ramsay, Téa Leoni, and Ivica Dačić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zack Snyder ranks 3,144 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph W. Tobin (1952), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Coretta Scott King (1927), Shirley Knight (1936), Kamehameha III (1814), and Lindsay Wagner (1949). After him are Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Marie Tharp (1920), John Layfield (1966), Chris Sarandon (1942), Harold Prince (1928), and Harry Reems (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Zack Snyder ranks 117. Before him are Richard Brooks (1912), Irvin Kershner (1923), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), John Landis (1950), Saul Bass (1920), and Sofia Coppola (1971). After him are Harold Prince (1928), Walter Lantz (1899), Russ Meyer (1922), Chuck Lorre (1952), Robert Rossen (1908), and James L. Brooks (1940).

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