Bruce Bickford
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday11 February 1947
Died28 April 2019 (age 72)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, USA
Known credits22
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…
Animation Mixtape
2025 · Director
Selected Line Drawings
2025 · Director
Selected Line Drawings
2025 · Animation
Selected Line Drawings
2025 · Producer
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep
2025 · Self
Zappa
2020 · Self - Animator
Atilla
2017 · Voice
Atilla
2017 · Director
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Pachuco Cross
2015 · Director
Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme
2013 · Animation
Cas'l'
2011 · Director
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
2008 · Narrator
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
2008 · Editor
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
2008 · Animation
The Comic that Frenches your Mind
2008 · Director
Luck of a Foghorn
2008
Bruce Bickford Workshop
2007 · Director
Monster Road
2004 · Himself
Prometheus' Garden
1988 · Writer
Prometheus' Garden
1988 · Director
Prometheus' Garden
1988 · Animation
Video from Hell
1987 · Animation
Video from Hell
1987 · Title Illustration
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
1987 · Self
The Amazing Mr. Bickford
1987 · Animation
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
1982 · Animation
Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere
1980 · Animation
Baby Snakes
1979 · Self
Travels with Bruce
Self
Feats of Clay
Director
Beatnik Poet
Director
Travels with Bruce
Director
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