Zack Snyder

Biography
Zack Snyder began his career as director and cameraman for music videos and commercials, his work covers also the production of images of sports icons like Michael Jordan and Martina Navratilova, campaigns for Nike and Reebock. He has won numerous awards in these specialties. He was tired of having to travel the world because of their work, so Snyder decided to make films. His debut was with Dawn of the Dead (2004), remake of the horror film by George A. Romero from 1978, witch tells how the zombies took over the planet. Snyder's film made a good impression not only public but also of criticism. His second feature, 300 (2007) is based on a 1998 graphic novel, originally published in five numbers, scripted and illustrated by Frank Miller, the author of the comic Sin City also made into a film in 2005 under the direction of Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and Miller himself. 300 depicts the battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), in which 300 Spartan warriors attempted to stop the advance of Xerxes' Persian army to mainland Greece and the events that led to it from the perspective of Leonidas, king of Sparta. The film was shot entirely in the studio and its decorations were added later through a process quite particular. One element that the filmmakers wanted to explore was the photographic aspect of the film. Snyder thought manipulating the color balance to create a process that, ultimately, was called "agglomeration". "Zack came up with a recipe in which crush the dark side of the image and increase color saturation to change the contrast ratio of the film," said Jeffrey Silver, the producer. "Every image of the film went through a refined process. The crush is what gives this film a unique look and feel."

Director

 * 2009 - Watchmen
 * 2007 - 300
 * 2004 - Dawn of the Dead

Writer

 * 2007 - 300

Saturn Award

 * Won
 * 2008 - Best Director for 300


 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Director for Watchmen
 * 2008 - Best Writer for 300 (with Michael Gordon and Kurt Johnstad)