Frank Capra
Known for DirectingBorn 1897-05-18 — died 1991-09-03Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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
It Happened One Night
1934 · as Bus Singer (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · as Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Why We Fight
2005 · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear Mr. Gable
1968 · as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · as Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990 · as Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director
1951 · as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · as Self (uncredited)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020 · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019 · as Self (archive footage)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919