Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder is an American filmmaker who started out directing music videos, for acts such as ZZ Top and Morrissey, and commercials before his first feature, a remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). He went on to direct 300 (2006), adapted from Frank Miller's comic, and Watchmen (2009), and later made his animation debut with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) and directed Sucker Punch (2011). Man of Steel (2013) began the DC Extended Universe, which continued with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017); a director's cut of the last appeared in 2021. His later work includes Army of the Dead (2021) for Netflix and the two-part Rebel Moon saga, A Child of Fire (2023) and The Scargiver (2024). He founded The Stone Quarry production company and won two Clio Awards and a Gold Lion for his commercials.