Frank Capra

Personal Info

Birthday

May 18, 1897

Day of Death

1991-09-03

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

Also Known As

Francesco Rosario Capra

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פרנק קאפרה

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Frank Russell Capra

Frank Capra

Biography

Frank Russell Capra 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 Happened One Night

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

Filmography

2023
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
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) (uncredited)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra
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