Frank Capra

Frank Capra

  • Birthday: 1897-05-18
  • Deathday: 1991-09-03
  • Place of birth: Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
  • Also know as: Francesco Rosario Capra

Biography

Frank Russell Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). His films often deal with rags-to-riches stories wich has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified".

Filmography

Frank Capra: Mr. America

2023

As Self (archive footage)

The Screen Director

1951

As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938

As Self (uncredited)

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

1990

As Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Dear Mr. Gable

1968

As Self

Hollywood's Second World War

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Why We Fight

2005

As Himself (archive footage)

Five Came Back

2017

As Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

1934

As Bus Singer (uncredited)

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

As Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

As Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

As Supervisor of Production Resources

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

As Director

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

As Director

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

As Director

American Madness

1932

As Director

It Happened One Night

1934

As Director

Lost Horizon

1937

As Director

Prelude to War

1942

As Director

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

As Director

Meet John Doe

1941

As Director

Platinum Blonde

1931

As Director

A Hole in the Head

1959

As Director

State of the Union

1948

As Director

Here Comes the Groom

1951

As Director

Lady for a Day

1933

As Director

The Miracle Woman

1931

As Director

Forbidden

1932

As Director

The Strong Man

1926

As Director

The Matinee Idol

1928

As Director

Broadway Bill

1934

As Director

Hemo the Magnificent

1957

As Director

Rain or Shine

1930

As Director

Dirigible

1931

As Director

Ladies of Leisure

1930

As Director

Riding High

1950

As Director

Long Pants

1927

As Director

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

As Director

That Certain Thing

1928

As Director

War Comes to America

1945

As Director

Flight

1929

As Director

The Younger Generation

1929

As Director

The Power of the Press

1928

As Director

Our Mr. Sun

1956

As Director

Submarine

1928

As Director

Tunisian Victory

1944

As Director

The Way of the Strong

1928

As Director

For the Love of Mike

1927

As Director

The Donovan Affair

1929

As Director

Here Is Germany

1945

As Director

The Burglar

1928

As Director

Your Job in Germany

1945

As Director

So This Is Love

1928

As Director

Say It with Sables

1928

As Director

Two Down and One to Go

1945

As Director

Attack in the Pacific

1944

As Director

Rendezvous in Space

1964

As Director

The Italian Warship Libia

1921

As Director

The Fallbrook Story

1952

As Director

3 Days to Live

1924

As Editor

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

As Producer

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

As Producer

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

As Producer

American Madness

1932

As Producer

It Happened One Night

1934

As Producer

Lost Horizon

1937

As Producer

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

As Producer

Platinum Blonde

1931

As Producer

A Hole in the Head

1959

As Producer

Forbidden

1932

As Producer

Our Mr. Sun

1956

As Producer

Meet John Doe

1941

As Producer

The Matinee Idol

1928

As Producer

Your Job in Germany

1945

As Producer

Broadway Bill

1934

As Producer

Prelude to War

1942

As Producer

The Negro Soldier

1944

As Producer

State of the Union

1948

As Producer

Here Comes the Groom

1951

As Producer

The Miracle Woman

1931

As Producer

The Fallbrook Story

1952

As Producer

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

As Producer

Rain or Shine

1930

As Producer

Hemo the Magnificent

1957

As Producer

The Unchained Goddess

1958

As Producer

Riding High

1950

As Producer

That Certain Thing

1928

As Producer

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

As Screenplay

Forbidden

1932

As Writer

Westward the Women

1951

As Story

Hemo the Magnificent

1957

As Writer

The Unchained Goddess

1958

As Writer

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1926

As Scenario Writer

Our Mr. Sun

1956

As Writer

Jubilo, Jr.

1924

As Scenario Writer

Fiddlesticks

1927

As Story

Saturday Afternoon

1926

As Story

The Burglar

1928

As Writer

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

As Writer

All Night Long

1924

As Writer

Boobs in the Wood

1925

As Writer

Say It with Sables

1928

As Story

Cold Turkey

1925

As Scenario Writer

Flight

1929

As Dialogue

Good Morning, Nurse

1925

As Story

Lucky Stars

1925

As Story

His First Flame

1927

As Story

The Swim Princess

1928

As Writer

The Iron Nag

1925

As Writer

The Marriage Circus

1925

As Writer

Sneezing Beezers

1925

As Writer

The Wild Goose Chaser

1925

As Writer

3 Days to Live

1924

As Writer

That Certain Thing

1928

As Screenplay

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