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Frank Vincent Zappa was an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his era.
Birth Name
Francis Vincent Zappa Jr
Born
Saturday, 21 December 1940
Died
Saturday, 04 December 1993
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Velvet Underground | Self | 2021 |
Larry Flynt for President | Self | 2021 |
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | Self | 2021 |
Zappa | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
Music's Greatest Mysteries | Self | 2020 |
Laurel Canyon | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | Self | 2019 |
Echo in the Canyon | Self | 2018 |
Take Your Pills | Self | 2018 |
Uncle Howard | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Roxy: The Movie | 2015 |
A Token of His Extreme | 2013 |
Does Humor Belong in Music? | 1992 |
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | 1988 |
Uncle Meat | 1987 |
The Amazing Mister Bickford | 1987 |
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music? | 1985 |
Video from Hell | 1985 |
The Dub Room Special! | 1982 |
Baby Snakes | 1979 |
200 Motels | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Roxy: The Movie | 2015 |
Does Humor Belong in Music? | 1992 |
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | 1988 |
Uncle Meat | 1987 |
The Amazing Mister Bickford | 1987 |
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music? | 1985 |
Video from Hell | 1985 |
Baby Snakes | 1979 |