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Frank Capra

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/05/1897

Day of Death

03/09/1991
(94) years old

Place of Birth

Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

Frank Capra

Biography

Frank Russell 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 Washingt... Read More

Known For

Frank Capra: Mr. America

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique

Hollywood's Second World War

Five Came Back

And the Oscar Goes To...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Why We Fight

Frank Capra's American Dream

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Filmography

Cast

2023

Frank Capra: Mr. America

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amériqu...

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Hollywood's Second World War

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Five Came Back

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Why We Fight

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1990

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

as Self (archive footage)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973

The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra

as Self

1968

Dear Mr. Gable

as Self

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredi...

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self

1938

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

as Frank Capra

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

1934

It Happened One Night

as Bus Singer (uncredited)

1932

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

as Himself

1919

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Crew

2000

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle o...

as Director

1964

Rendezvous in Space

as Director

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Producer

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Director

1959

A Hole in the Head

as Director

1959

A Hole in the Head

as Producer

1958

The Unchained Goddess

as Writer

1958

The Unchained Goddess

as Producer

1957

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

as Writer

1957

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

as Director

1957

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

as Producer

1957

Hemo the Magnificent

as Director

1957

Hemo the Magnificent

as Writer

1957

Hemo the Magnificent

as Producer

1956

Our Mr. Sun

as Director

1956

Our Mr. Sun

as Writer

1956

Our Mr. Sun

as Producer

1952

The Fallbrook Story

as Producer

1952

The Fallbrook Story

as Director

1951

Westward the Women

as Story

1951

Here Comes the Groom

as Director

1951

Here Comes the Groom

as Producer

1950

Riding High

as Director

1950

Riding High

as Producer

1948

Design for Death

as Director

1948

State of the Union

as Director

1948

State of the Union

as Producer

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Producer

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Screenplay

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Director

1946

Five Came Back: The Reference Films

as Director

1946

Five Came Back: The Reference Films

as Producer

1945

Here Is Germany

as Director

1945

Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Director

1945

Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Producer

1945

Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Writer

1945

War Comes to America

as Director

1945

Why We Fight

as Director

1945

Two Down and One to Go

as Director

1945

Your Job in Germany

as Director

1945

Your Job in Germany

as Producer

1945

Our Job in Japan

as Director

1944

G.I. Journal

as Producer

1944

G.I. Journal

as Director

1944

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

as Director

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Director

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Producer

1944

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

as Director

1944

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

as Producer

1944

The Negro Soldier

as Producer

1944

Tunisian Victory

as Director

1944

Attack in the Pacific

as Director

1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

as Director

1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

as Producer

1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

as Director

1943

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

as Director

1943

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

as Producer

1943

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

as Director

1942

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

as Director

1941

Meet John Doe

as Director

1941

Meet John Doe

as Producer

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Supervisor of Production Resources

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Director

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Director

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Producer

1937

Lost Horizon

as Director

1937

Lost Horizon

as Producer

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Director

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Producer

1934

Broadway Bill

as Director

1934

Broadway Bill

as Producer

1934

It Happened One Night

as Producer

1934

It Happened One Night

as Director

1933

Lady for a Day

as Director

1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as Director

1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as Producer

1932

American Madness

as Producer

1932

American Madness

as Director

1932

Forbidden

as Writer

1932

Forbidden

as Director

1932

Forbidden

as Producer

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Producer

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Director

1931

The Miracle Woman

as Director

1931

The Miracle Woman

as Producer

1931

Dirigible

as Director

1930

Rain or Shine

as Director

1930

Rain or Shine

as Producer

1930

Ladies of Leisure

as Director

1929

Flight

as Director

1929

Flight

as Dialogue

1929

The Donovan Affair

as Director

1929

The Younger Generation

as Director

1928

The Power of the Press

as Director

1928

The Burglar

as Director

1928

The Burglar

as Writer

1928

Submarine

as Director

1928

Say It with Sables

as Director

1928

Say It with Sables

as Story

1928

The Way of the Strong

as Director

1928

The Matinee Idol

as Director

1928

The Matinee Idol

as Producer

1928

The Swim Princess

as Writer

1928

So This Is Love

as Director

1928

That Certain Thing

as Director

1928

That Certain Thing

as Producer

1928

That Certain Thing

as Screenplay

1927

Fiddlesticks

as Story

1927

For the Love of Mike

as Director

1927

His First Flame

as Story

1927

Long Pants

as Director

1926

The Strong Man

as Director

1926

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

as Scenario Writer

1926

Saturday Afternoon

as Story

1925

Cold Turkey

as Scenario Writer

1925

Lucky Stars

as Story

1925

The Iron Nag

as Writer

1925

Sneezing Beezers

as Writer

1925

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

as Writer

1925

Good Morning, Nurse

as Story

1925

The Marriage Circus

as Writer

1925

Boobs in the Wood

as Writer

1925

The Wild Goose Chaser

as Writer

1924

All Night Long

as Writer

1924

Riders of the Purple Cows

as Writer

1924

Little Robinson Corkscrew

as Writer

1924

Jubilo, Jr.

as Scenario Writer

1924

3 Days to Live

as Editor

1924

3 Days to Live

as Writer

1922

Fulta Fisher's Boarding House

as Director

1921

The Italian Warship Libia

as Director

1921

The Italian Warship Libia

as Writer