Deborah Snyder (

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Johnson, born March 13, 1969) is an American producer of feature films and television commercials. She is married to filmmaker

Zack Snyder Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'', a remake of the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), of the same name ...

, and has worked as his frequent producing partner on films such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. She is the co-founder of the production company The Stone Quarry.

Personal life

Deborah Snyder is married to filmmaker

. The couple first met in 1996, and married on September 25, 2004, at the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in

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. They currently reside in

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. They have adopted two children together, and Snyder is the stepmother to six children from his previous relationships. She graduated from

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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

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. 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

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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 ''

''. Snyder served as an executive producer for the 2010 animated film '' Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'', which is based on ''

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'', a series of children's fantasy books by Kathryn Lasky. The film was released in September 2010. Snyder next produced ''

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'', 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

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and

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, 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

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, respectively. On January 29, 2019, Zack Snyder announced that he had signed on to helm '' Army of the Dead'', a zombie horror thriller, for

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. Snyder co-produced with her husband, Zack Snyder and producing partner, Wesley Coller, via their newly rebranded production company, Stone Quarry.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Cruel and Unusual Films official website
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