David Zippel

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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.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 5 wins & 18 nominations total

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James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)

Hercules

7.3

Music Department(lyrics by)

1997

Mulan

7.7

Music Department(lyrics by)

1998

Tommy Lee Jones, Kenneth Choi, Chris Evans, JJ Feild, Neal McDonough, Bruno Ricci, Hugo Weaving, Derek Luke, Sebastian Stan, and Hayley Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger

6.9

Music Department("Star Spangled Man")

2011

John Cleese, Jack Palance, James Arrington, Liz Callaway, Lex de Azevedo, Sandy Duncan, Davis Gaines, Jonathan Hadary, Mark Harelik, Dakin Matthews, Howard McGillin, Joel McKinnon Miller, Michelle Nicastro, Tom Alan Robbins, Steve Vinovich, Steven Wright, and David Zippel in The Swan Princess (1994)

The Swan Princess

6.4

Music Department(lyrics by)

1994

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Andrew Lloyd Webber & Carrie Hope Fletcher: Bad Cinderella
Music Video
- lyricist
- 2021
Christina Aguilera: Reflection (2020 Version)
7.3
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 2020
Beverly Duan: Reflection
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 2019
Captain America: The First Avenger
6.9
- lyrics by: "Star Spangled Man"
- 2011
Liza's at the Palace
8.1
TV Movie
- additional material by
- 2009
Veronica's Closet
5.8
TV Series
- lyricist: title theme
- lyricist: theme music
- lyrics
- 1997–1999
Hercules
6.6
TV Series
- lyrics: theme song
- 1998–1999
Christina Aguilera: Reflection
6.7
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 1998
98 Degrees Feat. Stevie Wonder: True to Your Heart
6.1
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 1998
Mulan
7.7
- songs: lyrics by
- 1998
Ricky Martin: No importa la distancia
6.0
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 1997
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules
7.1
Video Game
- lyrics
- 1997
Hercules
7.3
- songs: lyrics by
- 1997
Belinda Carlisle: I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
4.6
Music Video
- lyrics by
- 1997
Allegra's Window
6.5
TV Series
- original songs and arrangements
- 1994

Born
- May 17, 1954
- Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Other works
Lyricist for the musical CITY OF ANGELS (1989) on Broadway with Larry Gelbart (Libretto) and Cy Coleman (Music)

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Cy Coleman and his musical, "City of Angels" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Best Large Musical Production.

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