Chris Frantz

Acting

Chris Frantz

Born

1951-05-08 (75)

Place of birth

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician, producer and author. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Frantz attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1970s, where he met musicians David Byrne and Tina Weymouth. Byrne and Frantz formed a band called the Artistics, which eventually transformed into the acclaimed new wave band Talking Heads. Weymouth, then Frantz's girlfriend, joined the band in 1975, and the two married in 1977. In 1981, Frantz and Weymouth formed Tom Tom Club, who achieved chart success with the influential single Genius of Love. Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Talking Heads in 2002. Frantz's memoir, Remain in Love, was publishe…

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2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 2 titles

1980s · 8 titles

Stop Making Sense poster
8.4

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

Stop Making Sense

1984

True Stories poster
6.7

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

True Stories

1986

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant poster
7.8

A compilation of the music videos produced by the band Talking Heads, interspersed with various everyday people telling anecdotes about their lives.

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

1988

Talking Heads: Live in Rome poster
6.3

On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in Rome that was filmed for broadcast on Italian TV. Taking place just two months after the release of Remain In Light, that night’s set was heavy on material from that album such as Born Under Punches, Crosseyed and Painless and The Great Curve.

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

1980

Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert poster
9.0

Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop TV show. Set List: Psycho Killer Cities I Zimbra Once In A Lifetime Animals Crosseyed And Painless Life During Wartime The Great Curve

Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

1981

Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival poster
NR

Talking Heads perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 9, 1982. Originally broadcast on Swiss TV and radio.

Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

1982

Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime poster
NR

In 1984, David Byrne put together a TV special on the Talking Heads for U.K. TV’s Channel 4, a 68-minute mix of live material filmed at Wembley Arena, interviews with the band, TV news clips, commercials and other various bits of found footage and sound.

Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

1984

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre poster
9.0

Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing their legendary Remain in Light set at Passiac, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1980.

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

1980

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