
Known for
Acting
Born
December 21, 1940
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
December 4, 1993 (aged 52)
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 pla...
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as Guitarist (archive footage)
2026
as Self (archive footage)
2025
2025
as Self (guitar, vocals), Songs, Producer
2025
as Self (archive footage)
2024
2024
Compositor
2023
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
2021
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage), Music
2020
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
as Himself (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage), Music