Frank Capra

Known for: Directing
Born: May 18, 1897, Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Died: September 3, 1991
Movies: 96

Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario 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".

Best-Known Movies

8.3

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

7.8

It Happened One Night

1934

7.8

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

7.6

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

7.5

You Can't Take It with You

1938

7.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

7.3

Meet John Doe

1941

6.9

Lost Horizon

1937

7.3

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

7.5

Why We Fight

2005

Filmography

2023	Frank Capra: Mr. America	Self (archive footage)
2020	Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique	Self (archive footage)
2019	Hollywood's Second World War	Self (archive footage)
2017	Five Came Back	Self (archive footage)
2009	Hollywood sul Tevere
2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Self (archive footage)
2005	Why We Fight	Self (archive footage)
1997	Frank Capra's American Dream	Self (archive footage)
1990	The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'	Self (archive footage)
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)
1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self, (archive footage)
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973	The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra	Self
1968	Dear Mr. Gable	Self
1951	The Screen Director	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Self
1938	Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12	Frank Capra
1938	Another Romance of Celluloid	Self (uncredited)
1934	It Happened One Night	Bus Singer (uncredited)
1932	Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)	Himself
1919	The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Directing, Writing & Producing

2000	Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America	Director
1964	Rendezvous in Space	Director
1961	Pocketful of Miracles	Producer, Director
1959	A Hole in the Head	Director, Producer
1958	The Unchained Goddess	Writer, Producer
1957	The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	Writer, Director, Producer
1957	Hemo the Magnificent	Director, Writer, Producer
1956	Our Mr. Sun	Director, Writer, Producer
1952	The Fallbrook Story	Producer, Director
1951	Here Comes the Groom	Director, Producer
1950	Riding High	Director, Producer
1948	State of the Union	Director, Producer
1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Producer, Screenplay, Director
1945	Here Is Germany	Director
1945	Know Your Enemy: Japan	Director, Producer, Writer
1945	War Comes to America	Director
1945	Two Down and One to Go	Director
1945	Your Job in Germany	Director, Producer
1945	Our Job in Japan	Director
1944	G.I. Journal	Producer, Director
1944	Why We Fight: The Battle of China	Director
1944	Arsenic and Old Lace	Director, Producer
1944	Attack! The Battle for New Britain	Director, Producer
1944	The Negro Soldier	Producer
1944	Tunisian Victory	Director
1944	Attack in the Pacific	Director
1943	Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia	Director, Producer
1943	Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain	Director
1943	Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer	Director, Producer
1943	Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike	Director
1942	Why We Fight: Prelude to War	Director
1941	Meet John Doe	Director, Producer
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	Broadway Bill	Director, Producer
1934	It Happened One Night	Producer, Director
1933	Lady for a Day	Director, Producer
1933	The Bitter Tea of General Yen	Director, Producer
1932	American Madness	Producer, Director
1932	Forbidden	Writer, Director, Producer
1931	Platinum Blonde	Producer, Director
1931	The Miracle Woman	Director, Producer
1931	Dirigible	Director
1930	Rain or Shine	Director, Producer
1930	Ladies of Leisure	Director
1929	Flight	Director
1929	The Donovan Affair	Director
1929	The Younger Generation	Director
1928	Submarine	Director
1928	The Power of the Press	Director
1928	The Burglar	Writer
1928	Say It with Sables	Director
1928	The Way of the Strong	Director
1928	The Matinee Idol	Director, Producer
1928	The Swim Princess	Writer
1928	So This Is Love	Director
1928	That Certain Thing	Director, Producer, Screenplay
1927	For the Love of Mike	Director
1927	Long Pants	Director
1926	The Strong Man	Director
1926	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp	Writer
1925	The Iron Nag	Writer
1925	Sneezing Beezers	Writer
1925	Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies	Writer
1925	The Marriage Circus	Writer
1925	Boobs in the Wood	Writer
1925	The Wild Goose Chaser	Writer
1924	All Night Long	Writer
1924	Riders of the Purple Cows	Writer
1924	Little Robinson Corkscrew	Writer
1924	3 Days to Live	Writer
1922	Fulta Fisher's Boarding House	Director
1921	The Italian Warship Libia	Director, Writer

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