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Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa is a writer, publisher and producer, born on 15th May 1974 in Los Angeles California USA. He is best known as the founder of Monsterfoot Productions company and the co-writer and creator of the comedy-drama film “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” (2012).

Have you ever wondered how rich Ahmet Zappa is? According to sources it has been estimated that Ahmet Zappa’s overall net worth is $1.5 million. Zappa has acquired most of his wealth not only as a successful writer and owner of a company, but also as a musician, having released several albums with his brother, Dweezil Zappa. His frequent appearances in various TV shows and films, have also significantly added to his net worth.

Ahmet Zappa Net Worth $1.5 Million

Ahmet was born the third child of famous musician Frank Zappa and his wife, Gail Zappa who was a successful businesswoman. He grew up in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles with three other siblings, all of whom are successful artists today. Ahmet’s parents were of mixed origins. His father, Frank, is of Sicilian, French, Arab and Greek ancestry and his mother was of French, Danish and Irish descent. Ahmet started his television career at the beginning of the ‘90s, when he appeared on “The Adam and Joe Show” in 1990. He was next seen in the horror film “Children of The Corn V” (1998) in which he played the role of Lazlo. Apart from this, Ahmet has appeared or voiced-over in a few more films such as “Jack Frost” (1998), “Gen” (2000), and then had a smaller role in the film “Ready To Rumble” (2000), and also made a cover of Britney Spears’ song “Baby One More Time” for the film’s soundtrack in cooperation with his older brother Dweezil. No doubt these activities added to Ahmet’s net worth.

During the early 2000s, Zappa hosted “Robotica”, a robot combat show which ran for three seasons. However, although he was seen in several films and TV show, Ahmet is largely known as a writer, mostly thanks to his debut novel from 2006, “The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless” which was dedicated to children. The book was very successful, so the Bruckheimer Films and Disney bought the rights for a movie, and it is expected to be released soon. The same year, The Jim Henson Company hired Zappa to write a procedure for “Fraggle Rock: The Movie” which is the film version of the 1980s hit TV show of the same name. These all contributed to his net worth.

Relying on his talents, Ahmet came up with the idea of creating a novel-to-film division in Disney’s studio, and suggested it to Bob Iger, the chairman of the Walt Disney Company. Iger accepted, and Ahmet ended up as the founder and co-ordinator of “Disney’s Kingdom Comics”.

Then in 2010 Zappa founded his own company thanks to his deal with Disney Studios, and called it “Monsterfoot Productions”, creating and releasing many films ever since. The first one, “The Odd Life Of Timothy Green” was released in 2012 and starred Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Garner.

Ahmet’s siblings are Dweezil Zappa, a successful musician, Moon Zappa who is an actress and Diva Zappa who is an artist. When it comes to his love life, he was married to actress Selma Blair for two years, but divorced in 2006. His second wife is a designer, stylist and writer, Shana Muldoon, who he married in 2010, and the couple have a daughter.



Full Name Ahmet Zappa
Net Worth $1.5 Million
Date Of Birth May 15, 1974
Place Of Birth Los Angeles California USA
Profession Publisher, Film Producer, Writer, Musician, Actor
Nationality American
Spouse Shana Muldoon (m. 2010), Selma Blair (m. 2004–2006)
Children Halo Violetta Zappa
Parents Frank Zappa, Gail Zappa
Siblings Dweezil Zappa, Moon Zappa, Diva Zappa
Nicknames Aimet Zappa , Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa , Achmed Zappa
Twitter https://twitter.com/AhmetZappa
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmetzappa
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0953257
Movies “The Odd Life Of Timothy Green” (2012), “Jack Frost” (1998), “Gen” (2000), “Ready To Rumble” (2000)
TV Shows Robotica (2000), But Can They Sing?, 2 Hip 4 TV, The Adam and Joe Show (1990)
Quote
1 I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.
2 The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn’t communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.
3 My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.
4 I collect things that just look retarded.
5 I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we’d have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.
6 I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.
7 When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination.
8 My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.
9 I’ve always wanted to have a book published – it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.
10 At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.
11 I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.
12 I picked books by their covers – the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
13 I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.
14 I didn’t read at all until I was 12. I just couldn’t. It was too frustrating.
Fact
1 Brother-in-law of Patrick Muldoon and Paul Doucette.
2 Engaged to Selma Blair – October 2003
3 Brother of Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Diva Zappa.
4 Son of Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
TV: The Movie 2006 Army Host
Based On 2004 TV Movie Host
Powder: Up Here 2004 Video short Evil Villian 2
Rocket Power 2002 TV Series Lewis / Old Lifeguard #1
Robotica 2001 TV Series Host
Gen¹³ 2000 Video Additional Voices (voice)
Ready to Rumble 2000 Cashier
Webriot 1999 TV Series Host
Grown Ups 1999 TV Series M.C.
Jack Frost 1998 Snowplow Driver
Too Pure 1998 Hal
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror 1998 Video Lazlo
Anarchy TV 1998 Officer Sweitzer
MADtv 1998 TV Series Mr. Baun
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest 1997 TV Series Policeman / Guard #2
Roseanne 1994-1996 TV Series Waiter / Roy-Al
Project: ALF 1996 TV Movie Card Guard #2
Pump Up the Volume 1990 Jamie
The Nutt House 1989 TV Series Teenager
Growing Pains 1987-1989 TV Series Louie / Barry
2 Hip 4 TV 1988 TV Series
14 Going on 30 1988 TV Movie Student #3

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016 Documentary executive producer
Roxy the Movie 2015 Documentary producer
The Funtime Gang 2013 TV Movie executive producer
The Beautiful Game 2012 Documentary executive producer
The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012 producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012 story

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Ready to Rumble 2000 performer: “… Baby One More Time” / producer: “… Baby One More Time”

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016 Documentary special thanks – as Ahmet
Roxy the Movie 2015 Documentary special thanks
Zappa’s Universe 1993 Video special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
No Sleep TV3 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Host
Vivir de cine 2013 TV Series Himself
Head Case 2008 TV Series Himself
The Megan Mullally Show 2006 TV Series Himself – Guest
But Can They Sing? 2005 TV Series Himself – Host
The New Tom Green Show 2003 TV Series Himself
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment 2002 TV Series Himself
The Test 2001 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1994-2000 TV Series Himself – Guest
Hollywood Squares 1999 TV Series Himself
Happy Hour 1999 TV Series Himself – Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1999 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Adam and Joe Show 1997 TV Series Himself
Ein Leben als Extravaganza – Das Genie Frank Zappa 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Achmed Zappa)
Circus of the Stars #14 1989 TV Special documentary Himself – Comedy Acrobat
Star Search 1983 TV Series Judge (2003)

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