Wikipedia:Zane Birdwell

Zane Birdwell is an American audio producer, sound designer, and composer. Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, he now lives and works in New York City.

Career
Zane Birdwell has worked as the sound designer for standup comedian Tim Minchin's New York run at New World Stages, Ars Nova's 2008 production of Jollyship The Whiz-Bang, The stageFARM's 2009 production of The Gingerbread House., and Oliver Parker! starring John Larroquette and Michael Zegen. Currently, he works as an audio producer for Naked Angels (theater company) Naked Radio.

In the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010), Birdwell was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for his engineering work on the audiobook edition of Michael J. Fox's memoir Always Looking Up.

Other audiobook credits include Paul Shaffer's memoir We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga, Patti Lupone: A Memoir, American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal by Taya Kyle, and Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story, by Wally Lamb. As a composer, he has written music for clients including Disney, HarperCollins, Macmillan Education, Mango Languages, and Creative Teaching Press. His first album, World Class People, was released on July 10, 2010 through his independent label Spindlebright Records. Translations, a collection of instrumental songs from various commercials, documentary films, and theatrical productions, was released on September 18, 2012.