Frank Capra
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
25
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-05-18
Day of death
1991-09-03 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Frank Capra
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
The Dick Cavett Show
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Hollywood's Second World War
Dear Mr. Gable
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra: Mr. America
The Century of Icons
The Men Who Made the Movies
Five Came Back
Why We Fight
Frank Capra's American Dream
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Another Romance of Celluloid
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
The Screen Director
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Hollywood sul Tevere
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
