Biography for
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Date of Birth

1 March 1966, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Birth Name

Zachary Edward Snyder

Nickname

The Wizard

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Spouse

Deborah Snyder	(25 September 2004 - present)
Denise Snyder	(? - ?) (divorced) 4 children

Trade Mark

Flamboyant visual style using a combination of dynamic compositions, highly-saturated color schemes and visual effects.

Often speeds-up and slows-down motion during action sequences (300 (2006), Watchmen (2009)).

Slow motion shots of a fist punching a cheek

Trivia

Turned down a chance to direct S.W.A.T. (2003) because it wouldn't be rated R.

Attended Art Center College of Design at Pasadena, California.

Studied visual art at Heatherlys School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London.

Directed a commercial for Subaru WRX. He used it in his debut, Dawn of the Dead (2004), as the commercial before the "Special Report" on TV.

2007 - Ranked #25 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

Was interested in directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) but later turned it down, because he was too busy working on Watchmen (2009).

Dubbed "The Wizard" by journalist/filmmaker Chad Clinton Freeman.

He has two children with line producer, Kirsten Elin.

Personal Quotes

It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.