Education
Born in New York to Alicia Zizzo, Peter Zizzo graduated with a bachelor"s degree in English from Tufts University where he was in Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Born in New York to Alicia Zizzo, Peter Zizzo graduated with a bachelor"s degree in English from Tufts University where he was in Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Zizzo has written hits for artists such as Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Marit Larsen, O.A.R, Jason Mraz, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, M2M, Sir Cliff Richard, Clay Aiken, Howie Day, Kate Voegele and Jillette Johnson. He has been considered instrumental in developing the careers of artists Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton in the United States, and Pixie Lott in the United Kingdom. He appeared as the title character"s father in the Tufts production of Antigone. Zizzo wrote the song "March", recorded by The Weather Girls, and wrote and performed additional songs, including "Faithful," "I Will Forgive You".
He also appeared in a commercial for Tony Robbins Personal Power.
Zizzo found his initial success working with Ric Wake on Celine Dion records. While working with Wake, he met Andy Marvel.
After his time working with Wake, Zizzo founded Big Much Productions and a partnered with Marvel to build Big Baby Recording Studios, a New York-based company. Zizzo, in his role of Artist Development, discovered, developed, produced, and launched prominent artists such as Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton, and Toby Lightman.
Zizzo has also spoken and led seminars at South by Southwest and other music industry events.
Zizzo"s songs and productions have been on recordings that have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. He also wrote many songs for the animated series Winx Club (2004-today)
In 2009 Peter played a character named after himself in the Steven Soderbergh film The Girlfriend Experience starring adult film star Sasha Grey.