Zack Snyder Biography

Fast Facts

• Has earned numerous awards for his filmmaking, as well as other accolades for his success as a director for television commercials including several Clio Awards
• Spent a year after high school studying at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in England and later transferred to the Art Center College of Design in California where he would meet Michael Bay
• Quote: "Frank [Miller]'s book really made me see that comic books, and Batman specifically, could really reflect political and social concepts that I felt like maybe before I hadn't imagined were possible․"
• Following long negotiations, he became the helmer of the new Justice League film series after directing "Man of Steel" for Warner Brothers in 2013
• After several years working as a director for commercials, he made his feature film debut with 2004's "Dawn of the Dead" and later "300" in 2007
• Often known for shooting action scenes up close in slow motion