Frank Capra

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

25

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-05-18

Deathday

1991-09-03 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

Also Known As

  • Francesco Rosario Capra
  • 프랑크 카프라
  • פרנק קאפרה
  • فرانک کاپرا

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".

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Acting

2023
Frank Capra: Mr. America as Self (archive footage)
2022
Le Siècle des icônes 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
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra as Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968
Dear Mr. Gable as Self
1951
The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
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
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Crew

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Supervisor of Production Resources

Directing

2000
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America as Director
1964
Rendezvous in Space as Director
1961
Pocketful of Miracles as Director
1959
A Hole in the Head as Director
1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays as Director
1957
Hemo the Magnificent as Director
1956
Our Mr. Sun as Director
1956
The Bell System Science as Director
1952
The Fallbrook Story as Director
1951
Here Comes the Groom as Director
1950
Riding High as Director
1948
Design for Death as Director
1948
State of the Union as Director
1946
It's a Wonderful Life as Director
1946
Five Came Back: The Reference Films as Director
1945
Here Is Germany as Director
1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan as Director
1945
War Comes to America as Director
1945
Why We Fight as Director
1945
Two Down and One to Go as Director
1945
Your Job in Germany as Director
1945
Our Job in Japan as Director
1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China as Director
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace as Director
1944
Tunisian Victory as Director
1944
Attack in the Pacific as Director
1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia as Director
1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Director
1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Director
1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike as Director
1942
Why We Fight: Prelude to War as Director
1941
Meet John Doe as Director
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Director
1938
You Can't Take It with You as Director
1937
Lost Horizon as Director
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Director
1934
Broadway Bill as Director
1934
It Happened One Night as Director
1933
Lady for a Day as Director
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Director
1932
American Madness as Director
1932
Forbidden as Director
1931
Platinum Blonde as Director
1931
The Miracle Woman as Director
1931
Dirigible as Director
1930
Rain or Shine as Director
1930
Ladies of Leisure as Director
1929
Flight as Director
1929
The Donovan Affair as Director
1929
The Younger Generation as Director
1928
The Power of the Press as Director
1928
The Burglar as Director
1928
Submarine as Director
1928
Say It with Sables as Director
1928
The Way of the Strong as Director
1928
The Matinee Idol as Director
1928
So This Is Love as Director
1928
That Certain Thing as Director
1927
For the Love of Mike as Director
1927
Long Pants as Director
1926
The Strong Man as Director
1922
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House as Director
1921
The Italian Warship Libia as Director

Editing

1924
3 Days to Live as Editor

Production

1961
Pocketful of Miracles as Producer
1959
A Hole in the Head as Producer
1958
The Unchained Goddess as Producer
1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays as Producer
1957
Hemo the Magnificent as Producer
1956
Our Mr. Sun as Producer
1952
The Fallbrook Story as Producer
1951
Here Comes the Groom as Producer
1950
Riding High as Producer
1948
State of the Union as Producer
1946
It's a Wonderful Life as Producer
1946
Five Came Back: The Reference Films as Producer
1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan as Producer
1945
Your Job in Germany as Producer
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace as Producer
1944
The Negro Soldier as Producer
1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia as Producer
1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Producer
1941
Meet John Doe as Producer
1938
You Can't Take It with You as Producer
1937
Lost Horizon as Producer
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Producer
1934
Broadway Bill as Producer
1934
It Happened One Night as Producer
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Producer
1932
American Madness as Producer
1932
Forbidden as Producer
1931
Platinum Blonde as Producer
1931
The Miracle Woman as Producer
1930
Rain or Shine as Producer
1928
The Matinee Idol as Producer
1928
That Certain Thing as Producer

Writing

1958
The Unchained Goddess as Writer
1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays as Writer
1957
Hemo the Magnificent as Writer
1956
Our Mr. Sun as Writer
1951
Westward the Women as Story
1946
It's a Wonderful Life as Screenplay
1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan as Writer
1932
Forbidden as Writer
1929
Flight as Dialogue
1928
The Burglar as Writer
1928
Say It with Sables as Story
1928
The Swim Princess as Writer
1928
That Certain Thing as Screenplay
1927
Fiddlesticks as Story
1927
His First Flame as Story
1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp as Scenario Writer
1926
Saturday Afternoon as Story
1925
Cold Turkey as Scenario Writer
1925
Lucky Stars as Story
1925
The Iron Nag as Writer
1925
Sneezing Beezers as Writer
1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies as Writer
1925
Good Morning, Nurse as Story
1925
The Marriage Circus as Writer
1925
Boobs in the Wood as Writer
1925
The Wild Goose Chaser as Writer
1924
All Night Long as Writer
1924
Riders of the Purple Cows as Writer
1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew as Writer
1924
Jubilo, Jr. as Scenario Writer
1924
3 Days to Live as Writer
1921
The Italian Warship Libia as Writer
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