Fred Frith
Know for: Sound
Born: 1949-02-17
Place of birth: Heathfield, Sussex, England, UK
Also know as:
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990 (1970)
John Zorn: alto sax, vocals Bill Frisell: guitar Wayne Horvitz: keyboards, piano Fred Frith: bass Joey Baron: drums
A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn (2002)
A rare peek into the working methods of John Zorn. Filmed over a ten year period, this documentary includes live footage of Masada, Naked City,...
Touch the Sound (2004)
A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.
Step Across the Border (1990)
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.
Before Sunrise (1995)
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will...
Eastern Cross (1991)
OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies...
Between Two Worlds (2011)
'Between Two Worlds' is a personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The...
Rage (2009)
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the...
Rhythm in the Backstroke (2019)
Light - Movement - Time - Memory - Joy
I'll be your mirror (2021)
The artist Johanna Faust is about to leave her children to finally devote herself to her art again. A vague memory comes to her mind: Didn't her...
Middle of the Moment (1995)
Filmmakers Nicolaus Humbert and Werner Penzel examine the nature of nomadic existence in this documentary, from the literal nomads of North Africa to...
Wolfsgrub - Portrait of My Mother (1986)
In this film, Humbert is on the trail of his own history. Wolfsgrub is the name of the house where Humbert's mother lives, and though she is getting...
The Top of His Head (1989)
Satellite dish salesman Gus experiences some life-altering changes when he meets performance artist Lucy in this visually poetic fantasy. After Lucy...
Rivers and Tides (2001)
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
The Tango Lesson (1997)
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She...
Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)
Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that...
Touch the Sound (2004)
A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.
The Time that Rests (2007)
The time that Rests is a contemplative look at the daily life of the José Horwitz Barak Hospital, one of the oldest psychiatric facilities in...
Last Day of Freedom (2015)
When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police.
Zen for Nothing (2016)
Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through...
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (2018)
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s landmark Rivers and Tides inventively documented artist Andy Goldsworthy as he created his wondrously ephemeral...
Greina (2024)
In the 1970s, the GREINA, which connects Graubünden with Ticino, became famous throughout Switzerland. The architect and artist Bryan Cyril...
Fritz Hauser: Sound Explorer (2011)
A documentary about experimental drummer Fritz Hauser.
Orlando (1992)
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to...
Step Across the Border (1990)
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.
Fragments d'ici (2002)
Johann le Guillerm, the tightrope walker who had become one of the main characters in Middle of the Moment, decided to found a new circus and called...
Little Lieutenant (1994)
Little Lieutenant is a look back at the late Weimar era with its struggles and celebrations leading up to world war, a period piece. Scored to John...
The Anchor (2024)
A psychotherapist (Charlotte Rampling) listens to archive testimonies from her former patients. Their words mingle with images of a journey across...