Directing
Frank Capra
Also Known As: Francesco Rosario Capra, 프랑크 카프라, פרנק קאפרה
Birth Date
May 18, 1897
Death Date
September 3, 1991
(passed away at 94)
Place of Birth
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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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".
Photos
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968 • 1 episode
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973 • 1 episode
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
1934
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
2017 • 3 episodes
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022 • 1 episode
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973 • 1 episode
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
2005
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
1968
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
2019
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
1990