Frank Capra
Directing • Born 1897-05-18 – Died 1991-09-03
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".
Filmography
25 credits
Why We Fight
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Movie • 1932
Himself
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie • 1919
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Movie • 1973
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Movie • 1938
Frank Capra
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director
Movie • 1951
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Movie • 1934
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self
Another Romance of Celluloid
Movie • 1938
Self (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie • 1985
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
Movie • 1968
Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
The Men Who Made the Movies
TV • 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Century of Icons
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest