the Frank character combines elements of Sievey with Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart. In 2014, a feature-length documentary about the life and art of Chris Sievey, entitled Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story was announced and was released in March 2019. It is directed by Steve Sullivan, and was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign. The film documents Sievey's entire life, including his band The Freshies and his creation of the Frank Sidebottom character, and features interviews with many of Chris Sievey's family and colleagues with exclusive access to Chris' own personal archive of home movies, diaries, notebooks, props and costumes. Books Jon Ronson, who worked with Sievey, published Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie in 2014, a memoir of his time in the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. A biography of Chris Sievey was written by Manchester author Mick Middles, and was published in November 2014. Discography Solo/as Chris Sievey Albums Singles EPs Videos Denigration Now VHS Video (1982), Razz Video games Flying Train EMI (1983) The Biz Virgin Games (1984) with/as The Freshies Frank Sidebottom Albums Compilations EPs Singles Videos Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show (1992) Frank's World (2007) References External links Radio Timperley Podcasts FranksWorld.co.uk Official site Frank's Myspace Little-Frank.co.uk Still from Frank movie 1955 births 2010 deaths 1990s British television series Deaths from cancer in England English male comedians English male singers English record producers People from Sale, Greater Manchester 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English comedians Masked musicians