Frank Capra
Directing
Born: 1897-05-18 · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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 historia
🎬 Movies (30)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Why We Fight
2005
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
Director
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
Self
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
Self
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Director
A Hole in the Head
1959
Director
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Writer
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Director
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Director
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Director
The Fallbrook Story
1952
Director
The Screen Director
1951
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Director
Westward the Women
1951
Story
Riding High
1950
Director
State of the Union
1948
Director
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
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