Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/21/1940
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Also Known As
ZappaFZФренк Заппа
Frank Zappa
Biography
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s...
Known For
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
as Himself
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as Self
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
The Big T.N.T. Show
as Self (uncredited)
Super Duper Alice Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
Head
as The Critic
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Video from Hell
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
as Himself (archive footage)
The Wrecking Crew
as Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
as Self (archive footage)
Derailroaded
as Self (archive footage)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Himself
Echo in the Canyon
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
as Self
Pražákům, těm je hej
as Frank Zappa
Career Timeline
2022
2021
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
as Self
The Art of Dissent
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Larry Flynt for President
as Self (archive footage)
2019
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
as Self