Amotz Zakai, MFA, USC; producer and manager at Echo Lake Productions, LLC; associate producer of Dreamland (Sundance 2006); manages writers and directors; produces independent films.

Jia Xuan Zhang, instructor in Chinese at The New School and Queens College; film critic; teaches film courses at Queens College, St. John's U., and Fordham U.; calligraphy artist; teaches Chinese calligraphy at the China Institute.

Adelheid Ziegler, licensed translator of English, French, and German, Zurich School for Translation and Interpretation (Switzerland); translates and edits at the Guggenheim Museum; teaches German at Deutsches Haus and at IFA-NYU.

John Zinsser, BA, Yale U.; abstract painter and art writer; co-founder, Journal of Contemporary Art; solo exhibitions at James Graham & Sons Gallery (New York) (spring 2008), Thomas Soloman's Garage (Los Angeles), and Galerie Von Lintel (Munich); reviews published in the New York Times and Art in America.

William Zinsser, author of On Writing Well, Writing to Learn, and American Places.