Personal Info
Bruce Bickford
Directing
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 disconnected from the world around him, Bruce B…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
as Self
Zappa
as Self - Animator
Atilla
as Voice
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
as Narrator
Luck of a Foghorn
Monster Road
as Himself
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
as Self
Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
as Self
Travels with Bruce
as Self