Frank Capra
Department: Directing
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
Why We Fight
2005
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
The Screen Director
1951
It Happened One Night
1934
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Five Came Back
2017
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Century of Icons
2022
The Dick Cavett Show
1968