Zachary Joseph Cervini (born June 2, 1993) is an American record producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Cervini's work includes collaborations with Simple Plan, Limp Bizkit, Blink-182, Parkway Drive, All Time Low, Machine Gun Kelly, Yungblud, Bring Me the Horizon, Evanescence, 5 Seconds of Summer, Avicii, Halsey, Three Days Grace, Poppy, Bad Omens, Architects, Waterparks, and Sleeping with Sirens. His work on Blink-182's California landed him his first Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Album in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
Career Born June 2, 1993, Cervini is from Monroe, Connecticut and first gained interest in production and engineering aged 14. At that age he played guitar, produced with Audacity, and recorded songs with local bands in high school.
Later, he attended Drexel University in Philadelphia to study recording and producing. There, he messaged lots of people to try to work with, and eventually met producers Will Putney and Machine who both began to teach him production techniques and introduced him to John Feldmann, for whom he then became an intern and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19. He worked as Feldmann's assistant, and in 2015, following a medical emergency for Feldmann, Cervini produced and edited his first album, Disobedient by Stick to Your Guns, proving his talent to Feldmann with whom he went on to co-produce much of his work.
Discography
Cervini has produced, mixed, mastered, and engineered for numerous artists including Bring Me the Horizon, Poppy, Bad Omens, Motionless in White, Architects, Spiritbox, Three Days Grace, and Evanescence.
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
! |- | rowspan="1"| 2026 | "Sacred" by Parkway Drive (Benjamin Gordon / Luke Kilpatrick / Jeffrey Ling / Winston McCall / Zachary Cervini / Jordan Fish) | rowspan="1"| Most Performed Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Work | | rowspan="1"|
Grammy Awards The Grammy Award is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. Cervini received one nomination for his involvement.
YearNominated workAwardResult2017CaliforniaBest Rock Album
Other Awards
+Awards and nominations for "End of You" Year Award ceremony Category Result 2025 Nik Nocturnal Awards Collab Song of the Year rowspan="2" Revolver Magazine Song of the Year
Record certifications
Title Year Certification5 Seconds of Summer 2015 RIAA: Gold California 2017 RIAA: Gold "11 Minutes" (featuring Halsey & Travis Barker) 2019 RIAA: Gold "Monsters" RIAA: Gold MC: Platinum
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