Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Acting 1940-12-21 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

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 rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often impossible to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was one of rock, jazz or classical. He wrote the lyrics to all his songs, which—often humorously—reflected his iconoclastic view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion, and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech, self-education, political participation and the abolition of censorship. Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist and gained widespread critical acclaim. Many of his albums are considered essential in rock and jazz history. He is regarded as one of the most original guitarists and composers of his time. He also remains a major influence on musicians and composers. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and for most of his career was able to work as an independent artist. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Zappa was married to Kathryn J. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gail Zappa manages the businesses of her late husband under the name the Zappa Family Trust. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Zappa, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

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2025 Self (guitar, vocals)
2025 Self (archive footage)
2023 Self - Musician (archive footage)
2022 Self (archive footage)
2022 Self (archive footage)
2021 Self (archive footage)
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2021 Self (archive footage)
2021 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 Self - Subject (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
2020 Music
2019 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2018 Self (archive footage)
2018 Himself (archive footage)
2016 Self - Subject (archive footage)
2016 Self (archive footage)
2015 Self (archive footage)
2014 Himself (archive Footage)
2014 Himself
2014 Self (archive footage)
2014 Himself (archive footage)
2014 Self (archive footage)
2014 Producer
2014 Editor
2014 Director
2014 Music
2012 Music
2010 Self (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
2007 Director
2006 Self (archive footage)
2006 Self (archive footage)
2005 Self (archive footage)
2005 Self (archive footage)
2002 Self (archive footage)
2002 Self (archive footage)
1997 Mike Nesmith (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1997 Himself (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1997 Songs
1994 Self (archive footage)
1994 In Memory Of
1994 Music
1993 Music
1992 Self
1992 Conductor
1992 Music
1991 Self
1991 Frank Zappa
1991 The Pope (voice)
1991 Music
1991 Producer
1989 Self (archive footage)
1989 Self
1988 Self
1987 Self
1987 Self / The Imaginary Director
1987 Director
1987 Writer
1987 Writer
1987 Director
1987 Director
1987 Music
1987 Writer
1987 Producer
1987 Camera Operator
1987 Producer
1987 Music
1987 Producer
1984 Attila
1984 Mario Fuente
1983 Himself
1982 Attilla
1979 Self
1979 Director
1979 Producer
1979 Music
1979 Writer
1979 Editor
1975 Self - Musical Guest
1975 Self - Host & Musical Guest
1972 Self (archive footage)
1971 Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
1971 Self
1971 Director
1971 Screenplay
1971 Music
1971 Music Arranger
1971 Props
1971 Music
1969 Self
1969 Music
1969 Director
1968 The Critic
1968 Self
1967 Self
1967 Self
1967 Music
1965 Self (uncredited)
1965 Self
1965 Original Music Composer
1962 Original Music Composer
Guitarist (archive footage)
Himself