Frank Capra
Directing
Born: May 18, 1897 · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Died: September 3, 1991 (aged 94)
Highest Rated
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".
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
It Happened One Night
1934
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Meet John Doe
1941
Lost Horizon
1937
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Why We Fight
2005
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Lady for a Day
1933
Photos (5)
Movies (5)
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (20)
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
Directing (59)
It's a Wonderful Life
Director
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Director
You Can't Take It with You
Director
It Happened One Night
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director
Lost Horizon
Director
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Director
Pocketful of Miracles
Director
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Director
Meet John Doe
Director
State of the Union
Director
Lady for a Day
Director
A Hole in the Head
Director
American Madness
Director
Forbidden
Director
Ladies of Leisure
Director
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Director
Dirigible
Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Director
Platinum Blonde
Director
The Miracle Woman
Director
The Bell System Science Series
Director
Broadway Bill
Director
Rain or Shine
Director
So This Is Love
Director
Flight
Director
Riding High
Director
The Power of the Press
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Director
Our Mr. Sun
Director
The Strong Man
Director
The Younger Generation
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Director
Here Comes the Groom
Director
That Certain Thing
Director
Rendezvous in Space
Director
The Matinee Idol
Director
Hemo the Magnificent
Director
Tunisian Victory
Director
Submarine
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Director
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Director
The Donovan Affair
Director
Long Pants
Director
The Way of the Strong
Director
Your Job in Germany
Director
War Comes to America
Director
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Director
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Director
The Fallbrook Story
Director
Say It with Sables
Director
Attack in the Pacific
Director
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Director
For the Love of Mike
Director
Here Is Germany
Director
Our Job in Japan
Director
The Italian Warship Libia
Director
Two Down and One to Go
Director
Writing (29)
It's a Wonderful Life
Screenplay
Westward the Women
Story
Forbidden
Writer
Flight
Dialogue
Sneezing Beezers
Writer
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Writer
Good Morning, Nurse
Story
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Writer
Our Mr. Sun
Writer
His First Flame
Story
That Certain Thing
Screenplay
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Writer
Hemo the Magnificent
Writer
The Swim Princess
Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew
Writer
Boobs in the Wood
Writer
Cold Turkey
Scenario Writer
All Night Long
Writer
Saturday Afternoon
Story
Riders of the Purple Cows
Writer
Fiddlesticks
Story
Say It with Sables
Story
The Iron Nag
Writer
Jubilo, Jr.
Scenario Writer
Lucky Stars
Story
The Burglar
Writer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Writer
The Wild Goose Chaser
Writer
The Italian Warship Libia
Writer
Producing (32)
It's a Wonderful Life
Producer
You Can't Take It with You
Producer
It Happened One Night
Producer
Arsenic and Old Lace
Producer
Lost Horizon
Producer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Producer
Pocketful of Miracles
Producer
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Producer
Meet John Doe
Producer
State of the Union
Producer
Lady for a Day
Producer
A Hole in the Head
Producer
American Madness
Producer
Forbidden
Producer
Platinum Blonde
Producer
The Miracle Woman
Producer
Broadway Bill
Producer
Rain or Shine
Producer
Riding High
Producer
The Negro Soldier
Producer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Producer
Our Mr. Sun
Producer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Producer
Here Comes the Groom
Producer
That Certain Thing
Producer
The Matinee Idol
Producer
Hemo the Magnificent
Producer
Your Job in Germany
Producer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Producer
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Producer
The Fallbrook Story
Producer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Producer