Bruce Bickford
Born in Seattle, Washington, USA — Feb 11 1947• Died Apr 28 2019
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Biography
Bruce Bickford (February 11, 1947 - April 28, 2019) was a maker of animated films who works primarily in clay animation. From 1974 to 1980 he collaborated with Frank Zappa. Bickford's animation was featured extensively in the Frank Zappa videos Baby Snakes and Dub Room Special. Zappa also released a video titled The Amazing Mr. Bickford, which was entirely composed of Bickford animations set to a soundtrack of Zappa's orchestral music.Bickford's animations depict surreal scenes based on his unique worldview. Often outwardly seeming to be somewhat disconn…
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Bruce Bickford's Credits
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Zappa
Self - Animator
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
Visual Effects
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Self
Video from Hell
Visual Effects
Animation Mixtape
Directing
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Visual Effects
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
Self
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Visual Effects
Atilla
Voice
Prometheus' Garden
Writing
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Self
Selected Line Drawings
Directing
Monster Road
Himself
Bruce Bickford Workshop
Directing
Travels with Bruce
Self
Cas'l'
Directing
Pachuco Cross
Directing
Luck of a Foghorn
Beatnik Poet
Directing
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
Narrator
Feats of Clay
Directing