[7] The series was directed by Bam Margera and starred the CKY crew, as well as popular extreme sports icons such as Tony Hawk.
[2] Following the international success of the CKY videos, Bam Margera approached Frantz with the script for his independent motion picture directorial debut, a comedy titled Haggard: The Movie (2003).
[8] Directed by, starring, and financed by Margera, Haggard co-stars Ryan Dunn and the CKY crew, and features cameos by skateboard legends Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek.
As co-director, executive producer, and director of photography, Frantz shot it in super-16 millimeter film, in the same colorful style as its predecessor, Haggard: The Movie.
Each episode presented a theme or mission, and took the cast and crew on journeys across the United States, South America, Europe, and Scandinavia.
The show also often featured appearances of Margera's favorite bands and celebrity friends such as HIM, CKY, Clutch, Slayer, Gwar, The Bloodhound Gang, Johnny Knoxville, and Tony Hawk.
[14] For Viva La Bam's five-season duration, Frantz served as director of photography and contributed to the aesthetic of the show by shooting scenes and montages in super-16 and 35-millimeter film, using a variety of experimental cinematographic in-camera techniques (such as stop-motion), producing the only motion picture film presented on a reality program in the history of television.
[17] Blastazoid chronicled the lives of hosts Frantz, DiCamillo, and Rake Yohn, as they brought "Live-Action Donkey Kong" to life.
The video was a success on MTV's Total Request Live,[18] and the Margera / Frantz team has since released a total of thirteen CKY music videos, the most popular of which were played on MTV: "Flesh into Gear" (2001), "Attached at the Hip" (2002), "A#1 Roller Rager" (2009), and the half-hour music documentary The Making of "A#1 Roller Rager".
[citation needed] In 2010, under the direction of Caesar Augustus, Frantz produced reggae legend Barrington Levy's "NO WAR" music video.
Viking Skull's signature lifestyle of "drinking and rocking"[25] is depicted in the videos directed by Bam Margera with Frantz as producer and director of photography: "Blackened Sunrise" (2007)[26] and "Hair of the Dog" (2009).
[27] Frantz teamed up with director Bam Margera to produce and film the music video for hard rock band Clutch's "The Mob Goes Wild" (2004).
The video features cameos from several of Frantz's friends and associates: Philadelphia personality Tony Luke Jr., Scott Vogel of the hardcore band Terror, and Gina Lynn of the adult film world.
The DVD features include popular music videos, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and the "lost episode" of Viva La Bam, titled "Iceland Waterfall",[30] which were directed by Margera and produced and filmed by Frantz.
[32] This "cautionary tale" chronicles Novak's career as a young professional skateboarder, descent into heroin addiction, and subsequent rise to MTV fame.