Zane Buzby grew up in East Meadow, New York,[1] and graduated with honors from Hofstra University with degrees in performance and dramatic literature.
Buzby directed the pilot of HBO's comedy concert "Women of the Night" starring Martin Short, Ellen DeGeneres, Rita Rudner, Judy Tenuta and Paula Poundstone.
Shot on location in six countries, the film spans 17 years of emergency aid expeditions led by Buzby in remote areas of Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Transnistria, and Ukraine.
[5] Buzby has received numerous awards and honors for her humanitarian work and commitment to the plight of over 2500 Holocaust survivors helped through SMP.
She has also received the 2017 "International Mensch Foundation Award" along with the former director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum.