Frank Capra
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-05-18
Day of Death
1991-09-03 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Frank 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".
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Why We Fight
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973)
(1968)
Dear Mr. Gable
as Self
(1951)
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
(1940)
(1938)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra
(1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Bus Singer (uncredited)
(1932)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself
(1919)
Crew
(2000)
(1964)
Rendezvous in Space
Director
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
Director, Producer
(1959)
A Hole in the Head
Director, Producer
(1958)
The Unchained Goddess
Writer, Producer
(1957)
Hemo the Magnificent
Director, Writer, Producer
(1957)
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Director, Writer, Producer
(1956)
Our Mr. Sun
Director, Writer, Producer
(1952)
The Fallbrook Story
Producer, Director
(1951)
Here Comes the Groom
Director, Producer
(1951)
Westward the Women
Story
(1950)
Riding High
Director, Producer
(1948)
State of the Union
Director, Producer
(1948)
Design for Death
Director
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1946)
Five Came Back: The Reference Films
Director, Producer
(1945)
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Director, Producer, Writer
(1945)
War Comes to America
Director
(1945)
Here Is Germany
Director
(1945)
Your Job in Germany
Producer, Director
(1945)
Our Job in Japan
Director
(1945)
Two Down and One to Go
Director
(1945)
Why We Fight
Director
(1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director, Producer
(1944)
(1944)
Tunisian Victory
Director
(1944)
The Negro Soldier
Producer
(1944)
Attack in the Pacific
Director
(1944)
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Director, Producer
(1943)
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Director
(1943)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Director, Producer
(1943)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Director, Producer
(1943)
(1942)
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Director
(1941)
Meet John Doe
Director, Producer
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Supervisor of Production Resources
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Director
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
Director, Producer
(1937)
Lost Horizon
Director, Producer
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Director, Producer
(1934)
It Happened One Night
Director, Producer
(1934)
Broadway Bill
Director, Producer
(1933)
Lady for a Day
Director
(1932)
American Madness
Director, Producer
(1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Director, Producer
(1932)
Forbidden
Director, Writer, Producer
(1931)
Platinum Blonde
Director, Producer
(1931)
The Miracle Woman
Director, Producer
(1931)
Dirigible
Director
(1930)
Rain or Shine
Director, Producer
(1930)
Ladies of Leisure
Director
(1929)
The Younger Generation
Director
(1929)
Flight
Director, Dialogue
(1929)
The Donovan Affair
Director
(1928)
The Matinee Idol
Director, Producer
(1928)
That Certain Thing
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1928)
The Power of the Press
Director
(1928)
Submarine
Director
(1928)
The Way of the Strong
Director
(1928)
The Swim Princess
Writer
(1928)
The Burglar
Director, Writer
(1928)
Say It with Sables
Director, Story
(1928)
So This Is Love
Director
(1927)
Long Pants
Director
(1927)
Fiddlesticks
Story
(1927)
For the Love of Mike
Director
(1927)
His First Flame
Story
(1926)
The Strong Man
Director
(1926)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Scenario Writer
(1926)
Saturday Afternoon
Story
(1925)
The Iron Nag
Writer
(1925)
The Marriage Circus
Writer
(1925)
Sneezing Beezers
Writer
(1925)
The Wild Goose Chaser
Writer
(1925)
Cold Turkey
Scenario Writer
(1925)
(1925)
Good Morning, Nurse
Story
(1925)
Lucky Stars
Story
(1925)
Boobs in the Wood
Writer
(1924)
(1924)
Jubilo, Jr.
Scenario Writer
(1924)
3 Days to Live
Writer, Editor
(1924)
(1924)
All Night Long
Writer
(1922)
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Director
(1921)
The Italian Warship Libia
Director, Writer