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Ahmet Zappa was born in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, the third of four children born to musician Frank Zappa and businesswoman Gail Zappa (née Sloatman). Ahmet"s father was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab and French descent and his mother was of French, Irish and mostly Danish ancestry. Ahmet has released several albums with Dweezil, as well as writing the song "Frogs With Dirty Little Lips" with his father.
Ahmet Zappa is named after legendary music executive Ahmet Ertegün, whom Frank Zappa greatly admired. He has appeared in several feature films and television programs, including hosting the television shows Robotica and But Can They Sing?. In the late 1990s, Ahmet appeared on Channel 4 United Kingdom"s The Adam and Joe Show, in a regular segment called "Vinyl Justice", in which hosts Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, dressed as policemen, examined his vinyl collection for "criminal records".
In 2000, Ahmet appeared in the film Ready to Rumble.
In July 2006, Ahmet saw the release of his debut novel, entitled The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless, aimed at younger readers. The rights to a movie have already been bought by Bruckheimer Films and Disney.
The movie is in production with screenwriter Tim Firth assisting, and an expected release is being determined. On October 19, 2006, The Jim Henson Company announced it had hired Ahmet to write a treatment for a feature film version of the hit 1980s television show Fraggle Rock.
He is also writing a sequel to The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless, which had also been optioned to adapt to a screenplay.
Ahmet Zappa introduced the idea of developing a graphic novel-to-film division to Disney"s studio head, Bob Iger. Iger, understanding the studio"s need for such an entity, allowed Ahmet to run with the idea and granted him free rein to what became known as "Disney"s Kingdom Comics."
Ahmet was also given a first look deal at Walt Disney Studios for motion picture productions. His company is called Monsterfoot Productions.
He has since created and sold many films.
The first, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, was released on August 15, 2012 by Walt Disney Pictures, and starred Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton.
