Zack Snyder is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is well recognized for being the director of superhero films like Justice League, Man of Steel, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Zack Snyder was born Zachary Edward Snyder on March 1, 1966, in Greenbay, Wisconsin. He was the son of father Charles Edward "Ed"Snyder, who worked as an executive recruiter, and mother Marsha Manley, a photography teacher, and a painter. He has an older sister named Audrey. Snyder is of American nationality and his ethnicity is white.
He was raised in Riverside, Connecticut along with his sister. He attended Dayroft School, where his mother worked as a teacher. He was part of the Camp Owatonna in Harrison, Maine which he used to attend during the summers as a child.
Snyder studied painting for a year after high school at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, located in England. He later enrolled at the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena.
Zack Snyder made his career debut as director of the horror movie Dawn of the Dead, starring Mekhi Phifer and his career reached extreme heights with the release of his hit war film 300, starring Gerard Butler and Lena Headey.
During his career, Zack Snyder directed many superhero movies like Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, and Russell Crowe, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, featuring Ben Affleck and Jesse Eisenberg, and Justice League, starring Gal Gadot and Ezra Miller and many more.
He is also the co-founder of a film production company called Cruel and Unusual Films, Inc which he founded along with his wife Deborah Snyder. Zack Snyder has produced hit films like Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, and Sucker Punch under its banner.
Zack Snyder is living a blissful married life with his second wife Deborah Snyder. They first met in 1996 and started dating in 2002. The couple finally got married in 2004 at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, in New York.
Similarly, Snyder was previously married to her ex-wife Denise Weber. Prior to he was also in an unofficial relationship with Kristen Elin. There are no details on his encounter with Denise. He has eight children, four of whom are adopted. He shares Olivia and Eli Snyder with his first wife Denise Weber. During his time with Denise, they also adopted Willow Snyder and Autumn Snyder from China.
Zack has two younger sons named Ezekiel Snyder and Jett Snyder from his affair with Kristen Elin. Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder later adopted Sage and Cash during the filming of the film Man of Steel.
Zack Snyder has an estimated net worth of $60 million as of 2022, which he has made entirely from his works in different films. Likewise, his wife Deborah Snyder has a net worth of $9 million.