Frank Capra
Born
18 May 1897 (128)
Place of Birth
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Also known as
Francesco Rosario Capra, Frank Russell Capra
Biography
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 historia...
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".
Filmography (40)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Five Came Back
2017
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Why We Fight
2005
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
🎬 Director
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
Rendezvous in Space
1964
🎬 Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
A Hole in the Head
1959
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Our Mr. Sun
1956
The Fallbrook Story
1952
🎬 Director
Here Comes the Groom
1951
The Screen Director
1951
Riding High
1950
State of the Union
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Here Is Germany
1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
War Comes to America
1945
Two Down and One to Go
1945
Your Job in Germany
1945
Our Job in Japan
1945
🎬 Director
G.I. Journal
1944
🎬 Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
Tunisian Victory
1944
Attack in the Pacific
1944
🎬 Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943