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Ahmet Zappa

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Ahmet Zappa
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Ahmet Zappa is a true multi-hyphenate. He is an entrepreneur, NY Times Best Selling Author, film & television screenwriter, director, producer, musician, toy & game inventor, and the radio talk show host of Rocktails on SiriusXM. Focusing on the intersection of entertainment and technology, Zappa is often sought after to create new business strategies, marketing plans, and branded content for a variety of businesses spanning emerging marketing technologies to immersive entertainment experiences.

As a music estate manger, Zappa specializes in transforming undervalued and distressed intellectual properties into successful profit centers. He runs all aspects of the extensive Frank Zappa library through a unique partnership with Universal Music Group. He has successfully expanded the legacy of Frank Zappa's catalog into becoming one of their top 50 globally best selling artists.

He is a partner at the Blk-Ops agency. Their team is comprised of Hollywood creative minds and visionaries who use their filmmaking talents to solve marketing challenges through brand strategy, storytelling and design. Working with Fortune 500 companies, they successfully merge the worlds of Hollywood and Madison Avenue.

Under his entertainment shingle, Monsterfoot Productions, he conceived, developed and produced the feature film "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" for Walt Disney Pictures. He also created and wrote the screenplays for "Monster Witness Relocation Program" and "Tiki." For Sony Pictures, he's producing the movies "Dodge & Twist" and "Savage Planet" and he's working on a new animated series which created for Nickelodeon.

Zappa's authored over 20 critically acclaimed and best selling books including the novel "The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless," "Because I'm Your Dad," the soon to be released "Because I'm Your Mom," "The Hot Rats Book," and the wildly successful franchise "Star Darlings" for Disney with is amazing wife, Shana.

As a musician and composer he's written and produced music for animation, recorded tracks for motion picture soundtracks, scored music for commercials, web series, reality programs, specials and other television projects. As a lead singer, he's toured the globe playing sold-out shows throughout the United States and Europe.
BornMay 15, 1974
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Christopher Daniel Barnes, Doug Sheehan, and Ahmet Zappa in Day by Day (1988)
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Jim Whitaker and Ahmet Zappa at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Samantha Mathis, Lala Sloatman, and Ahmet Zappa in Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Ahmet Zappa and Shana Muldoon at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Joel Edgerton and Ahmet Zappa at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Joel Edgerton and Ahmet Zappa at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Joel Edgerton and Ahmet Zappa at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Ahmet Zappa and Odeya Rush at an event for The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

Known for

CJ Adams in The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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  • 2012
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Ready to Rumble
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  • Cashier
  • 2000
Dodge & Twist
  • Producer
    A Totally Awesome 80's Christmas Musical
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      Actor

      • Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, and Preston Lacy in TV: The Movie (2006)
        TV: The Movie
      • Bench Pressly (2004)
        Bench Pressly
      • Based On
      • Powder: Up Here
      • Joseph Ashton, Ulysses Cuadra, Shayna Fox, and Gary LeRoi Gray in Rocket Power (1999)
        Rocket Power
        • (voice)
      • Gary & Mike (2001)
        Gary & Mike
        • (voice)
      • Robotica (2001)
        Robotica
      • Promo Poster
        Ready to Rumble
      • Marissa Ribisi, Dave Ruby, and Jaleel White in Grown Ups (1999)
        Grown Ups
      • Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston in Jack Frost (1998)
        Jack Frost
      • Too Pure
      • Gen¹³ (1998)
        Gen¹³
        • (voice)
      • Eva Mendes in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
        Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
      • Anarchy TV (1998)
        Anarchy TV
      • Amir K, Adam Ray, Piotr Michael, Chelsea Davison, Lyric Lewis, Jeremy D. Howard, Carlie Craig, and Michelle Ortiz in MADtv (1995)
        MADtv

      Producer

      • Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper (2022)
        Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper
      • Rock My Collection (2021)
        Rock My Collection
      • Music's Greatest Mysteries (2020)
        Music's Greatest Mysteries
      • Marium Carvell, Aaron Poole, Nadine Whiteman Roden, J.B. Sugar, Dalmar Abuzeid, Owen Maxwell, Jimmy Ruggiero, Jonathan Langdon, Jaeden Noel, and Eden Cupid in Faith Heist (2021)
        Faith Heist
      • Frank Zappa in Zappa (2020)
        Zappa
      • Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa (2016)
        Zapped: Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa
      • Frank Zappa in Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
        Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
      • Roxy: The Movie (2015)
        Roxy: The Movie
      • The Funtime Gang (2013)
        The Funtime Gang
      • The Beautiful Game (2012)
        The Beautiful Game
      • CJ Adams in The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
        The Odd Life of Timothy Green

      Writer

      • Gotham Reads (2020)
        Gotham Reads
      • CJ Adams in The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
        The Odd Life of Timothy Green
      • Bench Pressly (2004)
        Bench Pressly
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
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      Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
      Celebrate 30
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      Celebrate 30

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        • May 15, 1974
        • Los Angeles, California, USA
        • Shana MuldoonMay 15, 2010 - present (1 child)
        • Frank Zappa
        • Moon Unit Zappa(Sibling)
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        • 2 Pictorials

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      • Trivia
        Brother of Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Diva Zappa.
      • Quotes
        I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.

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