Bruce Bickford

Director

Born: February 11, 1947
Died: April 28, 2019 (age 72)
From: Seattle, Washington, USA

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…

Filmography (18)

Animation Mixtape (2025)
Director
Selected Line Drawings
Selected Line Drawings (2025)
Director
Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep (2025)
Self
Zappa (2020)
Self - Animator
Atilla (2017)
Director
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne (2016)
Self (archive footage)
Pachuco Cross
Pachuco Cross (2015)
Director
Cas'l' (2011)
Director
The Comic that Frenches your Mind (2008)
Director
Luck of a Foghorn (2008)
Bruce Bickford Workshop
Bruce Bickford Workshop (2007)
Director
Monster Road (2004)
Himself
Prometheus' Garden (1988)
Director
The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
Self
Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes (1979)
Self
Feats of Clay
Feats of Clay
Director
Beatnik Poet
Beatnik Poet
Director
Travels with Bruce
Travels with Bruce
Director