Deborah Snyder

Personal life

Deborah Snyder is married to filmmaker Zack Snyder. The couple first met in 1996, and married on September 25, 2004, at the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, New York. They currently reside in Pasadena, California. They have adopted two children together, and Snyder is the stepmother to six children from his previous relationships.

She graduated from Ithaca College in 1991.

Career

Prior to her career as a film producer, Snyder worked at the New York advertising agency Backer Spielvogel Bates. In 1996, she hired Zack Snyder to direct a commercial for Reebok, hoping to create a commercial with a cinematic feel. At the time, she was dating the art director of the commercial, while Zack Snyder was married. In 1997, Snyder served as producer for the television documentary Talk to Me: Americans in Conversation. In 2002, she hired Zack Snyder to direct a commercial for Soft and Dry deodorant in New Zealand. The couple began dating at the end of filming. In 2004, the couple became the co-founders of Cruel and Unusual Films alongside their producing partner Wesley Coller.

In 2007, Snyder served as an executive producer for Zack Snyder's 2007 film 300, an adaptation of Frank Miller's same-titled graphic novel. She also produced the 2009 film adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen. Snyder served as an executive producer for the 2010 animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, which is based on Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a series of children's fantasy books by Kathryn Lasky. The film was released in September 2010. Snyder next produced Sucker Punch, which was co-written, co-produced, and directed by her husband. The film was the first to credit their company Cruel and Unusual Films as a co-producer. Sucker Punch was released theatrically on March 25, 2011.

Snyder produced, alongside Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, the Superman reboot Man of Steel, which Zack Snyder directed. She will also produce a remake of the 1969 film The Illustrated Man with Zack Snyder attached as a director; she will also produce Horse Latitudes, which was formerly known as The Last Photograph and The Fountainhead, a film about a photograph that inspires two men to travel to South America and a novel adaptation from Ayn Rand, respectively.

On January 29, 2019, Zack Snyder announced that he had signed on to helm Army of the Dead, a zombie horror thriller, for Netflix. Snyder co-produced with her husband, Zack Snyder and producing partner, Wesley Coller, via their newly rebranded production company, The Stone Quarry.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

References

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2. Frank Lovece. (2009-02-19). "CGI: 'Watchmen'--Zack Snyder brings superhero saga to the finish line". Film Journal International.
3. "Zack and Deborah Snyder on the 'Cathartic Journey' of Releasing Their Justice League Cut After Daughter's Death". People.
4. Louie, Elaine. (2011-02-18). "Off Screen, a Long-Running Romance". The New York Times.
5. "Have Camera, Will Travel - IC View - Ithaca College".
6. "Watchmen Movie Crew - WatchmenComicMovie.com". WatchmenComicMovie.com.
7. (August 28, 2007). ["Behind the Scenes Clip-Featurette LEGENDS OF THE ]"](https://collider.com/legends-of-the-guardians-clip-behind-the-scenes-featurette/). Collider.com.
8. (June 9, 2010). "Zack Snyder to Direct Illustrated Man - ComingSoon.net". ComingSoon.net.
9. (2 August 2011). "BREAKING: Zack Snyder Taking Director's Chair On THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH". [[Screen Anarchy]].
10. (19 September 2017). "What's Zack Snyder been doing since he left Justice League? Making an iPhone film".
11. (January 29, 2019). "Zack Snyder Returning to Movies With Zombie Action Pic 'Army of the Dead' (Exclusive)".