David Zippel
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
David Zippel is a lyricist and director. His lyrics have won him the Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Award nominations, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. His songs appear on over twenty-five million CDs around the world, and have been recorded by many great singers including Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Mel Tormé, Ricky Martin, Cleo Laine, Barbara Cook and Nancy LaMott. He is also known for respectively writing the songs to Disney's Hercules (1997) and Mulan (1998) with Alan Menken and Matthew Wilder.