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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. He also directed the animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), the psychological action film Sucker Punch (2011), the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021), and the two-part space opera films Rebel Moon (2023) and Rebel Moon—Part Two: The Scargiver (2024). In 2004, he founded the production company The Stone Quarry (formerly known as Cruel and Unusual Films) alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zack Snyder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
After serving in Korea, he was later assigned to Camp Washington, where he was promoted to the rank of major. He met Captain Adeline Kane, in charge of training young soldiers in new combat techniques, anticipating brewing problems in Vietnam. Kane was surprised at how skilled Slade was and how quickly he adapted to modern warfare conventions. She immediately fell in love with him and realized that he was without a doubt the most capable combatant she had ever encountered. She offered to train Slade in particular in guerrilla warfare. In less than a year, Slade dominated all forms of struggle presented to him and was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Six months later, Adeline and he were married and she became pregnant with her first child. The war in Vietnam started to escalate and Slade was sent abroad. In the war, his unit massacred a village, an event that made him sick. He was also rescued by SAS member Wintergreen, to whom he would later return the favor. Chosen for a secret experiment, the Army gave him enhanced physical powers in an attempt to create metahuman super soldiers for the US military.
