Frank Capra

Frank Capra

5/18/1897 – 9/3/1991Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

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 (26 titles)

Frank Capra: Mr. America6.0Movie

Frank Capra: Mr. America

Self (archive footage) · 2023

The Century of Icons7.0Show

The Century of Icons

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique9.5Movie

Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Hollywood's Second World War8.0Movie

Hollywood's Second World War

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Five Came Back7.9Movie

Five Came Back

Self (archive footage) · 2017

Five Came Back7.2Show

Five Came Back

Self (archive footage) · 2017

Hollywood sul TevereMovie

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year7.5Movie

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage) · 2009

Why We Fight7.5Movie

Why We Fight

Self (archive footage) · 2005

Frank Capra's American Dream6.3Movie

Frank Capra's American Dream

Self (archive footage) · 1997

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'6.3Movie

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Self (archive footage) · 1990

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life6.5Movie

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage) · 1987

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey5.8Movie

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Self · 1985

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage7.0Movie

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983

The Men Who Made the MoviesShow

The Men Who Made the Movies

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...6.3Show

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self · 1973

7.0Movie

The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra

Self · 1973

The Dick Cavett Show6.8Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

Dear Mr. Gable10.0Movie

Dear Mr. Gable

Self · 1968

7.0Movie

The Screen Director

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) · 1951

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards6.5Movie

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self · 1940

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 126.0Movie

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

Frank Capra · 1938

Another Romance of Celluloid5.3Movie

Another Romance of Celluloid

Self (uncredited) · 1938

It Happened One Night7.8Movie

It Happened One Night

Bus Singer (uncredited) · 1934

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)6.0Movie

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

Himself · 1932

The Outcasts of Poker Flat6.0Movie

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1919