Sunday Best: Director 2007

photo by Elen Nivrae

Zach Snyder: 300
So much of this movie’s success depended upon Zach Snyder’s vision.  It was a 
risk to film the entire movie on green screen and engage in the hyper-violence.  
But instead of making it a rehashed video-game knock off, Snyder made a unique 
visual experience.  As I noted in my last post about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 

green screen can kill believability.  But in order for you

to accept the stylized reality being created, the visuals

make you understand that you are not experiencing reality

as we know it.  And through all of the gore, he still hits

the emotional core that stirs the audience desire to fight

for freedom

Runners-Up
Jason Reitman: Juno
Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz
Adam Shankman: Hairspray
David Yates: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix