Ed Seeman
Ed Seeman (July 16, 1931 - February 4, 2025) was an American animator, photographer and film maker. He originally worked as a cell animator at Paramount Pictures on Popeye and Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons. After World War II, he founded his own studio, Gryphon Productions, specializing in animated advertisements. Seeman later also directed and produced porn movies.
Ed Seeman and Frank Zappa
In 1967, Seeman made an animated TV short for the cough drop brand Luden's, Luden's Cough Drop Commercial, musically scored by Zappa, with additional help from Dick Barber, who provided snork sounds. It won a Clio Award for Best Use of Sound. Zappa later included it on his album The Lost Episodes, under the title The Big Squeeze.
In 1967-1968, Seeman also filmed Frank Zappa and The Mothers performing at the Garrick Theater (New York), London and Amsterdam. He also made footage of Zappa at home with his family. After 14 hours of footage had been collected, titled Uncle Meat, Seeman made a 40-minute compilation movie, receiving permission from Zappa to show at film festivals and non-commercial events. Likewise, Zappa could use it for his own cinematic projects. Much of it ended up being used in the film Uncle Meat. [1]
References
External links
- Wikipedia:Ed Seeman
- Ed Seemans's Zappa pages
- YouTube Profile (Links to his Zappa/Mothers films))
