Peter Eric Zizzo is a music producer, musician and BMI award-winning songwriter. Zizzo has authored hits for artists such as Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

,, Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

, Marit Larsen

Marit Larsen

Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.She began playing violins at age of 5,and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. More recently she has pursued her own music...

, O.A.R, Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz

Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...

, Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

, Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

, M2M (band)

M2M (band)

M2M was a pop music duo formed by two Norwegians, Marion Elise Raven and Marit Elisabeth Larsen. They released three albums under Atlantic Records and Warner Music: Shades of Purple, The Big Room, and The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M, a greatest hits album released by their record label after...

, Sir Cliff Richard, Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken

Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released...

, and Howie Day

Howie Day

Howard Kern "Howie" Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself...

. He has been considered instrumental in developing the careers of artists Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

, Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...

in the US, and Pixie Lott

Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

 in the UK.

Early life

Born on February 22, 1966 in New York City, NY to Alicia Zizzo. Peter Zizzo graduated with a Bachelors in English from Tufts University where he was in the Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Epsilon Pi , the Global Jewish college fraternity, has 155 active chapters in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Israel with a membership of over 9,000 undergraduates...

. Appeared as the title character's father in Tufts production of Antigone. Wrote the song MARCH, recorded by the weather girls. Wrote and performed additional songs "Faithful," "I Will Forgive You," and others. Performed live at the Bear Bar in New York City. Appeared in commercial for Tony Robbins Personal Power.

Initial Success

Zizzo found his initial success working with Ric Wake on Celine Dion records. While working with Ric Wake he met Andy Marvel

Andy Marvel

Andy Marvel is a songwriter and music producer based out of New York City. He has written songs for Celine Dion, Diana King, Jessica Simpson and Colleen Fitzpatrick....

.

Entrepreneurial Ventures

After his time working with Ric Wake, Peter founded Big Much Productions and a partnered with Andy Marvel

Andy Marvel

Andy Marvel is a songwriter and music producer based out of New York City. He has written songs for Celine Dion, Diana King, Jessica Simpson and Colleen Fitzpatrick....

 to build Big Baby Recording Studios, a New York-based company dedicated to furthering the careers of gifted artists.

Zizzo, in his role of Artist Development, discovered, developed, produced, and launched prominent artists such as Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

, Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...

, and Toby Lightman

Toby Lightman

Toby Lightman is an American singer-songwriter. Her first album, Little Things, was released in 2004 on Lava/Atlantic. Her second album, Bird on a Wire was released in 2006. During her career, she has toured and performed with bands such as OAR, Rob Thomas, Jewel, Gavin DeGraw, Train, Prince, and...

. Zizzo has also spoken and lead seminars at South by Southwest

South by Southwest

South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...

 and other music industry events. Zizzo’s songs and productions have helped along sales of over 100 million albums worldwide.

Discography

Year	Artist	Album/Singles	Charts	Certifactions/Awards	Credits
2011	The Fresh Beat Band The Fresh Beat Band The Fresh Beat Band is a children TV show with original pop songs produced for Nick Jr.. The Fresh Beats are Shout, Twist, Marina, and Kiki, described as four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance...	A Friend Like You [single] "A Friend Like You"	#1 on iTunes Kids Chart 5 Album	-	Producer, Writer, Arranger
2009	Pixie Lott Pixie Lott Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...	Turn It Up Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album) Turn It Up is the debut studio album by English recording artist Pixie Lott. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 by Mercury Records. The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, before dropping to number thirteen in its second week. Turn It Up has so far spent five... "Jack" "The Way The World Works"	UK Top 5 Album	-2x platinum (600,000+)	Producer, Writer, Arranger
2009	BeBe & CeCe Winans BeBe & CeCe Winans BeBe & CeCe Winans are an American Gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe and CeCe Winans are the seventh and eighth of "Mom" and "Pop" Winans' ten children, most of whom have had successful Gospel music careers.-Musical career:...	Still Still (BeBe & CeCe Winans album) Still is the ninth album released by brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans. It was released on the Malaco Records label in 2009. The album won two Grammy Awards in 2011 for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance for the song "Grace".-Track listing:# Still 4:02 [written... "Things feat. Marvin Winans" "Never Thought"	US #14 Billboard Top 100 US #1 Gospel Album US #2 R'n'B Album	Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album 2011	Producer, Writer, Arranger
2009	Blake Lewis Blake Lewis Blake Colin Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and beatboxer who was the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. His major label debut album A.D.D. was released on December 4, 2007 through 19 Recordings/Arista Records. On October 30, 2007, his first single "Break Anotha" was released....	Heartbreak on Vinyl Heartbreak on Vinyl Heartbreak on Vinyl is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Blake Lewis released on October 6, 2009. A double LP pressed on red vinyl with only 500 copies will be released on August 13... "The Point"	US #7 Dance & Electronic Album	-	-
2006	Stephanie McIntosh Stephanie McIntosh Stephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...	Tightrope Tightrope (Stephanie McIntosh album) Tightrope is the debut album from Australian pop singer Stephanie McIntosh, which was released on 11 September 2006, and re-released on 19 March 2007... "Overcome"	#4 AUS	Gold (+35,000 units sold)	Producer, Co-writer
2005	Toby Lightman Toby Lightman Toby Lightman is an American singer-songwriter. Her first album, Little Things, was released in 2004 on Lava/Atlantic. Her second album, Bird on a Wire was released in 2006. During her career, she has toured and performed with bands such as OAR, Rob Thomas, Jewel, Gavin DeGraw, Train, Prince, and...	Little Things Little Things Little Things is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot summary:Ever since her mother's death, Buffy has been having problems keeping herself and Dawn living together peacefully, and the lack of money is affecting both of them... "Devils & Angels" "The River" "Don't Wanna Know"	Top 15 Hot AC, Top 40 Pop	-	Producer, Writer, Arranger
2002	Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...	Let Go Let Go (Avril Lavigne album) Let Go is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on June 4, 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there her earlier materials for... "Nobody's Fool" "Why" (International Releases)	-	18 Million Worldwide RIAA Diamond Award	Producer, Writer, Arranger
2000	M2M M2M (band) M2M was a pop music duo formed by two Norwegians, Marion Elise Raven and Marit Elisabeth Larsen. They released three albums under Atlantic Records and Warner Music: Shades of Purple, The Big Room, and The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M, a greatest hits album released by their record label after...	Shades of Purple Shades of Purple -Singles:# "Don't Say You Love Me" # "Mirror Mirror" # "The Day You Went Away"# "Pretty Boy"# "Girl in Your Dreams"# "Everything You Do"... "Don't Say You Love Me"	US Top 20 Radio US Sales #1 (Certified Platinum)	2 Million Worldwide	Producer, Writer, Arranger
1999	Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...	"On The 6 On the 6 On the 6 is the debut studio album by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez, released on June 1, 1999 by Work Records. It debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 the week of June 19, 1999, with first-week sales of 112,000 copies, remaining in the top 20 for 11 weeks and on the chart... " Promise You'll Try	-	7 Million Worldwide	Producer, Writer, Arranger
1997	Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	These Are Special Times These Are Special Times These Are Special Times is a Christmas album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 30, 1998 through Epic subsidiary 550 Music... "Don't Save It All For Christmas Day"	-	14 Million Worldwide	Writer, Arranger
1996	Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	Let's Talk About Love Let's Talk About Love Let's Talk About Love is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 18, 1997. It is her fifth English-language album and twenty-third in total. Let's Talk About Love remains one of the best-selling albums in history with over 31 million copies sold worldwide... "Love Is On The Way"	Top 40	33 Million Worldwide RIAA Diamond Award	Writer, Arranger
1994	Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	"The Color of My Love "Misled" (single) BMI Award "Only One Road Only One Road "Only One Road" is the fifth single from The Colour of My Love album by Céline Dion. It was released on October 31, 1994 in Canada, on November 21, 1994 in the United States, in May 1995 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, and July 1995 in other European countries.A music video for the... " (single)	Top 10 US Top 5 UK	16 Million Worldwide	Writer, Arranger

Acting career

In 2009 Peter played a character named after himself in the Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...

 film The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience is a 2009 experimental drama film shot in New York City. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars then-active porn star Sasha Grey. A rough cut was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. The film has also been made available on Amazon Video on Demand...

 starring adult film star Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey is an American former pornographic actress, who has since turned to mainstream acting, modeling and music....

. "Girlfriend Experience

Girlfriend experience

The girlfriend experience is a type of service a female sex worker offers which includes acting like a girlfriend to the client.If the service provider is male, the service is called boyfriend experience....

" was written by Peter's lifelong friends Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen, and Rounders, Koppelman has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones as well as directed films such as Solitary Man.His writing partner is David Levien...

 and David Levien

David Levien

David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen, and Rounders Levien has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones....

 who also named a character after him in the poker classic Rounders

Rounders

Rounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...

.