Frank Capra
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
24
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
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Five Came Back
It Happened One Night
Why We Fight
Frank Capra's American Dream
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Another Romance of Celluloid
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Hollywood's Second World War
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Men Who Made the Movies
The Century of Icons
The Screen Director
Dear Mr. Gable
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
