Bruce Bickford

Biography

Bruce Charles Bickford was an American artist and animator born in Seattle in 1947, serving in the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War. He collaborated with Frank Zappa from 1974 to 1980, featuring his animations in several of Zappa's videos, including "Baby Snakes" and "The Dub Room Special". Bickford's surreal animation work was marked by fluid transformations and disfigured faces, often conveying a sense of unease.