FILM DIRECTOR

Zack Snyder

1966 - Today

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Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Since then, he has directed or produced a number of comic book and superhero films, including 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013), and its follow-ups, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), the latter of which had a director's cut released in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zack Snyder has received more than 14,756,333 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Zack Snyder is the 279th most popular film director (down from 261st in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,784th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Zack Snyder ranks 279 out of 2,041. Before him are Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, Denis Villeneuve, Elem Klimov, Robert J. Flaherty, and Jerzy Stuhr. After him are John Schlesinger, Adrian Lyne, Ub Iwerks, Cecil B. DeMille, Tex Avery, and Sam Raimi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Zack Snyder ranks 30. Before him are Luke Perry, Cláudio Taffarel, Erdoğan Atalay, Sinéad O'Connor, Janet Jackson, and Billy Zane. After him are Dean Cain, Kiefer Sutherland, Gianfranco Zola, Emmanuelle Seigner, Yoshihiro Togashi, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zack Snyder ranks 1,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Pullman (1953), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Max Emmerich (1879), Billy Zane (1966), and Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889). After him are Christopher A. Sims (1942), Sonny Rollins (1930), Al Lettieri (1928), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Philip Abelson (1913), and Charles Duke (1935).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Zack Snyder ranks 71. Before him are Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Richard Fleischer (1916), Robert Aldrich (1918), John Frankenheimer (1930), Joseph Losey (1909), and Robert J. Flaherty (1884). After him are Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), Sam Raimi (1959), Spike Lee (1957), and Roger Corman (1926).

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