FILM DIRECTOR

Zack Snyder

1966 - Today

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Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. 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), as well as the director's cut of Justice League that was later released in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zack Snyder has received more than 13,640,709 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

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zack Snyders by language

Over the past year Zack Snyder has had the most page views in the with 1,704,152 views, followed by Spanish (214,387), and Russian (171,490). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (262.58%), Ukrainian (130.83%), and Swedish (109.29%)

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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Filmography

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Director
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Mar 23o 20165.961 / 10
300
Director
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Mar 7o 20077.179 / 10
Man of Steel
Director
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Jun 12o 20136.618 / 10