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Turned down a chance to direct S.W.A.T. (2003) because it wouldn't be rated R.
Attended Art Center College of Design at Pasadena, California.
Studied visual art at Heatherlys School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London.
Directed a commercial for Subaru WRX. He used it in his debut, Dawn of the Dead (2004), as the commercial before the "Special Report" on TV.
2007 - Ranked #25 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
Was interested in directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) but later turned it down, because he was too busy working on Watchmen (2009).
Dubbed "The Wizard" by journalist/filmmake
Turned down a chance to direct S.W.A.T. (2003) because it wouldn't be rated R.
Attended Art Center College of Design at Pasadena, California.
Studied visual art at Heatherlys School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London.
Directed a commercial for Subaru WRX. He used it in his debut, Dawn of the Dead (2004), as the commercial before the "Special Report" on TV.
2007 - Ranked #25 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
Was interested in directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) but later turned it down, because he was too busy working on Watchmen (2009).
Dubbed "The Wizard" by journalist/filmmaker Chad Clinton Freeman.
He has two children with line producer Kirsten Elin.
Was 37 years old when he directed his first feature length film.
Flamboyant visual style using a combination of dynamic compositions, highly-saturated color schemes and visual effects.
Often speeds-up and slows-down motion during action sequences (300 (2006), Watchmen (2009)).
He is a very big fan of the Superman series "Smallville" (2001) and has included references to it in his Superman film Man of Steel (2013).
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