Directing

Frank Capra

Born 1897-05-18

Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

Department: Directing

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".

1936

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The Dick Cavett Show

1968

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Meet John Doe

1941

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Lost Horizon

1937

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Pocketful of Miracles

1961

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (156 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Frank Capra: Mr. America	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2023
The Century of Icons	Self (archive footage)	TV Series	2022
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2020
Hollywood's Second World War	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2019
Five Came Back	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2017
Five Came Back	Self (archive footage)	TV Series	2017
Hollywood sul Tevere	Self / Appearance	Movie	2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2009
Why We Fight	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2005
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America	Director	Movie	2000
Frank Capra's American Dream	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1997
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1987
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self	Movie	1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	(archive footage)	Movie	1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Movie	1983
The Men Who Made the Movies	Self / Appearance	TV Series	1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	TV Series	1973
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra	Self	Movie	1973
The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	TV Series	1968
Dear Mr. Gable	Self	Movie	1968
Rendezvous in Space	Director	Movie	1964
Pocketful of Miracles	Producer	Movie	1961
Pocketful of Miracles	Director	Movie	1961
A Hole in the Head	Director	Movie	1959
A Hole in the Head	Producer	Movie	1959
The Unchained Goddess	Writer	Movie	1958
The Unchained Goddess	Producer	Movie	1958
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	Writer	Movie	1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	Director	Movie	1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays	Producer	Movie	1957
Hemo the Magnificent	Director	Movie	1957
Hemo the Magnificent	Writer	Movie	1957
Hemo the Magnificent	Producer	Movie	1957
Our Mr. Sun	Director	Movie	1956
Our Mr. Sun	Writer	Movie	1956
Our Mr. Sun	Producer	Movie	1956
The Bell System Science Series	Director	TV Series	1956
The Fallbrook Story	Producer	Movie	1952
The Fallbrook Story	Director	Movie	1952
Westward the Women	Story	Movie	1951
Here Comes the Groom	Director	Movie	1951
Here Comes the Groom	Producer	Movie	1951
The Screen Director	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)	Movie	1951
Riding High	Director	Movie	1950
Riding High	Producer	Movie	1950
State of the Union	Director	Movie	1948
State of the Union	Producer	Movie	1948
It's a Wonderful Life	Producer	Movie	1946
It's a Wonderful Life	Screenplay	Movie	1946
It's a Wonderful Life	Director	Movie	1946
Here Is Germany	Director	Movie	1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan	Director	Movie	1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan	Producer	Movie	1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan	Writer	Movie	1945
War Comes to America	Director	Movie	1945
Two Down and One to Go	Director	Movie	1945
Your Job in Germany	Director	Movie	1945
Your Job in Germany	Producer	Movie	1945
Our Job in Japan	Director	Movie	1945
G.I. Journal	Producer	Movie	1944
G.I. Journal	Director	Movie	1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China	Director	Movie	1944
Arsenic and Old Lace	Director	Movie	1944
Arsenic and Old Lace	Producer	Movie	1944
Attack! The Battle for New Britain	Director	Movie	1944
Attack! The Battle for New Britain	Producer	Movie	1944
The Negro Soldier	Producer	Movie	1944
Tunisian Victory	Director	Movie	1944
Attack in the Pacific	Director	Movie	1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia	Director	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia	Producer	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain	Director	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer	Director	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer	Producer	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike	Director	Movie	1943
Why We Fight: Prelude to War	Director	Movie	1942
Meet John Doe	Director	Movie	1941
Meet John Doe	Producer	Movie	1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Self	Movie	1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Supervisor of Production Resources	Movie	1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Director	Movie	1939
You Can't Take It with You	Director	Movie	1938
You Can't Take It with You	Producer	Movie	1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12	Frank Capra	Movie	1938
Another Romance of Celluloid	Self (uncredited)	Movie	1938
Lost Horizon	Director	Movie	1937
Lost Horizon	Producer	Movie	1937
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Director	Movie	1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Producer	Movie	1936
Broadway Bill	Director	Movie	1934
Broadway Bill	Producer	Movie	1934
It Happened One Night	Bus Singer (uncredited)	Movie	1934
It Happened One Night	Producer	Movie	1934
It Happened One Night	Director	Movie	1934
Lady for a Day	Director	Movie	1933
Lady for a Day	Producer	Movie	1933
The Bitter Tea of General Yen	Director	Movie	1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen	Producer	Movie	1932
American Madness	Producer	Movie	1932
American Madness	Director	Movie	1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)	Himself	Movie	1932
Forbidden	Writer	Movie	1932
Forbidden	Director	Movie	1932
Forbidden	Producer	Movie	1932
Platinum Blonde	Producer	Movie	1931
Platinum Blonde	Director	Movie	1931
The Miracle Woman	Director	Movie	1931
The Miracle Woman	Producer	Movie	1931
Dirigible	Director	Movie	1931
Rain or Shine	Director	Movie	1930
Rain or Shine	Producer	Movie	1930
Ladies of Leisure	Director	Movie	1930
Flight	Director	Movie	1929
Flight	Dialogue	Movie	1929
The Donovan Affair	Director	Movie	1929
The Younger Generation	Director	Movie	1929
Submarine	Director	Movie	1928
The Power of the Press	Director	Movie	1928
The Burglar	Writer	Movie	1928
Say It with Sables	Director	Movie	1928
Say It with Sables	Story	Movie	1928
The Way of the Strong	Director	Movie	1928
The Matinee Idol	Director	Movie	1928
The Matinee Idol	Producer	Movie	1928
The Swim Princess	Writer	Movie	1928
So This Is Love	Director	Movie	1928
That Certain Thing	Director	Movie	1928
That Certain Thing	Producer	Movie	1928
That Certain Thing	Screenplay	Movie	1928
Fiddlesticks	Story	Movie	1927
For the Love of Mike	Director	Movie	1927
His First Flame	Story	Movie	1927
Long Pants	Director	Movie	1927
The Strong Man	Director	Movie	1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp	Writer	Movie	1926
Saturday Afternoon	Story	Movie	1926
Cold Turkey	Scenario Writer	Movie	1925
Lucky Stars	Story	Movie	1925
The Iron Nag	Writer	Movie	1925
Sneezing Beezers	Writer	Movie	1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies	Writer	Movie	1925
Good Morning, Nurse	Story	Movie	1925
The Marriage Circus	Writer	Movie	1925
Boobs in the Wood	Writer	Movie	1925
The Wild Goose Chaser	Writer	Movie	1925
All Night Long	Writer	Movie	1924
Riders of the Purple Cows	Writer	Movie	1924
Little Robinson Corkscrew	Writer	Movie	1924
Jubilo, Jr.	Scenario Writer	Movie	1924
3 Days to Live	Editor	Movie	1924
3 Days to Live	Writer	Movie	1924
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House	Director	Movie	1922
The Italian Warship Libia	Director	Movie	1921
The Italian Warship Libia	Writer	Movie	1921
The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Self / Appearance	Movie	1919