- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
- Died
- September 3, 1991
Frank Capra
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
movieFrank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Century of Icons
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Second World War
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieFive Came Back
2017 · Self (archive footage)
tvFive Came Back
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood sul Tevere
2009
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhy We Fight
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
movieWhy We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000 · Director
movieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Men Who Made the Movies
1973
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
movieThe Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieDear Mr. Gable
1968 · Self
movieRendezvous in Space
1964 · Director
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961 · Producer, Director
movieA Hole in the Head
1959 · Director, Producer
The Unchained Goddess
movieThe Unchained Goddess
1958 · Writer, Producer
movieThe Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieHemo the Magnificent
1957 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieOur Mr. Sun
1956 · Director, Writer, Producer
tvThe Bell System Science Series
1956 · Director
movieThe Fallbrook Story
1952 · Producer, Director
movieWestward the Women
1951 · Story
movieHere Comes the Groom
1951 · Director, Producer
The Screen Director
movieThe Screen Director
1951 · Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
movieRiding High
1950 · Director, Producer
movieState of the Union
1948 · Director, Producer
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
movieHere Is Germany
1945 · Director
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieWar Comes to America
1945 · Director
movieTwo Down and One to Go
1945 · Director
movieYour Job in Germany
1945 · Director, Producer
movieOur Job in Japan
1945 · Director
G.I. Journal
movieG.I. Journal
1944 · Producer, Director
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 · Director
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Director, Producer
movieAttack! The Battle for New Britain
1944 · Director, Producer
movieThe Negro Soldier
1944 · Producer
movieTunisian Victory
1944 · Director
movieAttack in the Pacific
1944 · Director
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943 · Director, Producer
movieWhy We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 · Director
movieWhy We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 · Director, Producer
movieWhy We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943 · Director
movieWhy We Fight: Prelude to War
1942 · Director
movieMeet John Doe
1941 · Director, Producer
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self, Supervisor of Production Resources
movieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Director
movieYou Can't Take It with You
1938 · Director, Producer
movieScreen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938 · Frank Capra
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
movieLost Horizon
1937 · Director, Producer
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Director, Producer
movieBroadway Bill
1934 · Director, Producer
movieIt Happened One Night
1934 · Bus Singer (uncredited), Producer, Director
movieLady for a Day
1933 · Director, Producer
movieThe Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932 · Director, Producer
movieAmerican Madness
1932 · Producer, Director
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932 · Himself
movieForbidden
1932 · Writer, Director, Producer
moviePlatinum Blonde
1931 · Producer, Director
movieThe Miracle Woman
1931 · Director, Producer
movieDirigible
1931 · Director
movieRain or Shine
1930 · Director, Producer
movieLadies of Leisure
1930 · Director
movieFlight
1929 · Director, Dialogue
movieThe Donovan Affair
1929 · Director
movieThe Younger Generation
1929 · Director
movieSubmarine
1928 · Director
movieThe Power of the Press
1928 · Director
movieThe Burglar
1928 · Writer
movieSay It with Sables
1928 · Director, Story
movieThe Way of the Strong
1928 · Director
movieThe Matinee Idol
1928 · Director, Producer
movieThe Swim Princess
1928 · Writer
movieSo This Is Love
1928 · Director
movieThat Certain Thing
1928 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieFiddlesticks
1927 · Story
movieFor the Love of Mike
1927 · Director
movieHis First Flame
1927 · Story
movieLong Pants
1927 · Director
movieThe Strong Man
1926 · Director
movieTramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926 · Writer
movieSaturday Afternoon
1926 · Story
movieCold Turkey
1925 · Scenario Writer
movieLucky Stars
1925 · Story
movieThe Iron Nag
1925 · Writer
movieSneezing Beezers
1925 · Writer
movieSuper-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925 · Writer
movieGood Morning, Nurse
1925 · Story
The Marriage Circus
movieThe Marriage Circus
1925 · Writer
movieBoobs in the Wood
1925 · Writer
movieThe Wild Goose Chaser
1925 · Writer
movieAll Night Long
1924 · Writer
movieRiders of the Purple Cows
1924 · Writer
movieLittle Robinson Corkscrew
1924 · Writer
movieJubilo, Jr.
1924 · Scenario Writer
3 Days to Live
movie3 Days to Live
1924 · Editor, Writer
movieFulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922 · Director
movieThe Italian Warship Libia
1921 · Director, Writer
movieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919