Frank Capra
- Directing
- May 18, 1897 · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
- September 3, 1991
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 historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified".
Known for
Filmography
- Frank Capra: Mr. America · Self
- The Century of Icons · Self
- Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique · Self
- Hollywood's Second World War · Self
- Five Came Back · Self
- Five Came Back · Self
- Hollywood sul Tevere
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · Self
- Why We Fight · Self
- Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America · Director
- Frank Capra's American Dream · Self
- The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' · Self
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey · Self, (archive footage)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Hollywood · Self
- The Men Who Made the Movies
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra · Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Dear Mr. Gable · Self
- Rendezvous in Space · Director
- Pocketful of Miracles · Producer, Director
- A Hole in the Head · Producer, Director
- The Unchained Goddess · Writer, Producer
- The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays · Writer, Director
- Hemo the Magnificent · Writer, Director
- Our Mr. Sun · Writer, Director
- The Bell System Science Series · Director
- The Fallbrook Story · Producer, Director
- Westward the Women · Story
- Here Comes the Groom · Director, Producer
- The Screen Director · Self
- Riding High · Director, Producer
- State of the Union · Director, Producer
- It's a Wonderful Life · Director, Screenplay
- Here Is Germany · Director
- Know Your Enemy: Japan · Director, Producer
- War Comes to America · Director
- Two Down and One to Go · Director
- Your Job in Germany · Director, Producer
- Our Job in Japan · Director
- G.I. Journal · Producer, Director
- Why We Fight: The Battle of China · Director
- Arsenic and Old Lace · Director, Producer
- Attack! The Battle for New Britain · Director, Producer
- The Negro Soldier · Producer
- Tunisian Victory · Director
- Attack in the Pacific · Director
- Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia · Director, Producer
- Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain · Director
- Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer · Director, Producer
- Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike · Director
- Why We Fight: Prelude to War · Director
- Meet John Doe · Director, Producer
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards · Self, Supervisor of Production Resources
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · Director
- You Can't Take It with You · Director, Producer
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 · Frank Capra
- Another Romance of Celluloid · Self
- Lost Horizon · Director, Producer
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · Director, Producer
- Broadway Bill · Director, Producer
- It Happened One Night · Bus Singer (uncredited), Producer
- Lady for a Day · Director, Producer
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen · Director, Producer
- American Madness · Director, Producer
- Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) · Self
- Forbidden · Director, Producer
- Platinum Blonde · Producer, Director
- The Miracle Woman · Director, Producer
- Dirigible · Director
- Rain or Shine · Director, Producer
- Ladies of Leisure · Director
- Flight · Director, Dialogue
- The Donovan Affair · Director
- The Younger Generation · Director
- Submarine · Director
- The Power of the Press · Director
- The Burglar · Writer