Frank Zappa
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. — Dec 21 1940• Died Dec 04 1993
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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 c…
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Miami Vice
Mario Fuente
Duckman
Crew
The Ren & Stimpy Show
The Pope (voice)
Omnibus
Self
The Monkees
Self (uncredited)
Classic Albums
Self (archive footage)
Faerie Tale Theatre
Attilla
Beat-Club
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Laurel Canyon
Self (archive footage)
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Self (archive footage)
Head
The Critic
The Wrecking Crew
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Fuck
Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
Self
The Velvet Underground
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
Decade
Self
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Self
All My Loving
Self
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
Super Duper Alice Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Funny
Self
200 Motels
Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
Frank Zappa
Self
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self (archive footage)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Attila
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth
Self
The Manipulator
Art
Happy Birthday to John
Sound
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Self (archive footage)
The World's Greatest Sinner
Sound
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Himself (archive Footage)
Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960's
Himself
The Big T.N.T. Show
Self (uncredited)
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
Self (archive footage)
Uncle Meat
Self / The Imaginary Director
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Echo in the Canyon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
Himself
Take Your Pills
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - The Lost Broadcast: The Beat Club '68
Self
Frank Zappa: Live in Barcelona
Derailroaded
Self (archive footage)
Rock this Town
Self (archive footage)
Cocaine Blues
Himself
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
Himself
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Self
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Self
The Yellow Shark
Self
Pražákům, těm je hej
Frank Zappa
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Self
Run Home Slow
Sound
Nova '78
Self (archive footage)
Cousteau: Alaska: Outrage at Valdez
Sound
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
Self
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
Self (guitar, vocals)
Marian Briozzo
Himself (archive footage)
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
Self
Video from Hell
Self
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Mike Nesmith (archive footage)
Beasts
Sound
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
Self (archive footage)
You Are What You Eat
From Straight to Bizarre
Self
Your vote
Self
Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
Self
Frank Zappa: Music In Review
Self (archive footage)
Cover Your Ears
Self - Musician (archive footage)
An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart
Himself (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
Self
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Self (archive footage)
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
Self
The Making of 200 Motels
Self
Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
Self
Larry Flynt for President
Self (archive footage)
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Self (archive footage)
Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Self (archive footage)
1982. L'estate di Frank
Sound
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
Himself
The Art of Dissent
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Služební cesta podporučíka Svěráka
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968
Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Self
Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980
Self
Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Self
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
Self
Frank Zappa: Opopoppa Stockholm, Sweden
Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
Self (archive footage)
Cheepnis
Himself
Late Night Line-Up
Himself
EAV Rarities
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Self
Frank Zappa - John, Dan And Me
Himself
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Self
The Male Swagger
Guitarist (archive footage)
Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme
Himself
Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
Self
Band from Utopia: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Zappa
Sound
Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973
Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025
Sound
Porridge and kerosene
Self (archive footage)
Sex in Today's World
Self
Good Evening — I'm Jonathan King
Himself
Luden’s Cough Drops
Sound