Zack Snyder is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He debuted in the film industry through the 2004 remake of the 1978 horror film ‘Dawn of the Dead’. Since then, he had made several movies including based on comic books and superheroes. His projects include movies like 2006 ‘300’, 2009 ‘Watchmen’, 2017 ‘Justice League’, and 2021 zombie heist film ‘Army of the Dead ‘, amongst others.
Moreover, in early 2017, he had stepped down from the post-production of the movie Justice League because he lost his daughter, Autumn Snyder to suicide. However, after the debut of the film, his fans from all over the globe have campaigned named the Snyder Cut and has raised awareness for suicide prevention. Want to know more about the talented personality then scroll below.
Caption: The producer and director, Zack Synder.
Source: Variety
Zack Snyder: Bio, Family, Education
The popular director was born on 1 March 1966 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the U.S. He was born as the younger child to parents Marsha Manley and Charles Edward ‘Ed’ Snyder. His mother was a painter and a photography teacher at Daycroft School and father, an executive recruiter. He grew up in a Christian Scientist alongside his older sister Audrey in Riverside, Connecticut.
For his education, he attended the Heatherley School of Fine Art in England. After completing high school, he studied painting for a year and also side-by-side he already began film-making. Later, he joined the Art Center College of Design in California.
Zack Snyder: Career & Life Achievements
Snyder started his career as a filmmaker and his first debut was the remake of the horror film ‘Dawn of the Dead’ in 2004. Following that, in 2006 he made a box office hit fantasy war film ‘300’. His Warner Bros. Next he made film ‘Watchmen’ that released in March 2009 which amassed around $185 million worldwide.
He has made several movies that had hit the box office and grossed a million dollars. One of his directed superhero-based movies ‘Man of Steel’ in 2013 distributed by Warner Bros.In 2014, he produced the pre-sequel to 2006 film ‘300’, ‘300: Rise of an Empire’.
Want to say a special thank you to Jarred Land at Red Digital Cinema for building our amazing cameras. They're killing it. #reddigitalcinema #8k #AOTD pic.twitter.com/P9AnTvQOfZ
— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) August 11, 2019
He had also directed the 2016 movie ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ which he announced during the Comic-Con 2013. Further, in 2017, he also directed Warner Bros’ 2017 ‘Justice League’, later Joss Whedon replaced him during the post-production of the movie because of the death of his daughter.
During mid-2016, he started to work on a drama about a war photographer in South America titled ‘The Last Photograph’. He had begun to work on an adaptation of the Ayn Rand 1943 novel ‘The Fountainhead’. Additionally, he has also announced that he signed on to work on a zombie horror-thriller, ‘Army of the Dead’ for Netflix, serving its cinematographer which became his first film shot digitally.
Zack Snyder: Personal Life & Wife
Coming over to his personal life, many of us know that he is married to Deborah Johnson. Like her husband, she is also an American producer of television commercials and feature films. The couple started dating after six years of their first meeting. Then the couple tied a knot on 25 September 2004. Their wedding held at Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. Together, the couple welcomed their two biological children: Ezekiel and Jett.
But do you know that she is not his first wife? Yes, the 53-years-old handsome filmmaker had married before. He previously had married Denise Weber. However, there is not much information on their marriage and divorce. But the couple had adopted and parented four children: Olivia, Willow, Autumn, Eli together. However, in 2017, their adopted daughter from China had committed suicide. In addition, during the making of the movie ‘Man of Steel’, he and Johnson have adopted two other children: Sage and Cash.
Caption: Zack with his wife Deborah
Source: Hollywood reporter
Zack Snyder: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
Let’s talk about the income of the filmmaker who had made several movies that have recorded highly successful. Therefore, he has a net worth estimated at around $50 million amassed from his filmmaking career.
Synder is fairly active over different social media platforms, especially Twitter. He has a Twitter account @ZackSnyder with 708.7k followers. Further, he does not have any accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Filmmaker @ZackSnyder joins USA Badminton as Ambassador https://t.co/oXdBOMpAEv pic.twitter.com/pB1cGL3XDl
— USA Badminton (@USABadminton) December 8, 2019
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Zack Snyder: Body Measurements
The 53-years-old handsome director has an athletic body that stands to a height of 1.70 meters and weighs around 69 kg. He has hazel blue eyes with dark brown hair color. Further, there is no information on his body measurements of chest, waist, and biceps.
