Concept/Lyrics/Direction: David Zippel

David Zippel's lyrics have won him the Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. He is one of the few lyricists to have achieved success on Broadway, in Hollywood and in the world of Pop music. His songs appear on over 25 million CDs around the world.

With composer Cy Coleman and bookwriter Larry Gelbart he made his Broadway debut with City of Angels, for which he received the Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Award, Drame Desk Award, London's Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award.

With eight time Oscar winning composer Alan Menken, he wrote the songs for Disney's animated feature film Hercules. Michael Bolton recorded "Go The Distance," from Hercules, which was a #1 record and was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. With Matthew Wilder he wrote the songs for Disney's animated feature Mulan, which earned him his second Academy Award nomination, his second Grammy nomination and his third Golden Globe nomination. "Reflection" from Mulan was recorded by Christina Aguilera and is featured on her multi-platinum debut album. Christina and David collaborated again with Todd Chapman to write the song "We're A Miracle," which was featured as the end title song for Pokemon, The First Movie, on its #1 soundtrack album.

His Broadway show, The Goodbye Girl, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and a book by Neil Simon, received a Tony nomination for Best Musical and earned him a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lyrics. His lyrics for The Swan Princess, an animated feature with music by Lex De Azevedo, were nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

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