Frank Capra
DirectingFrank 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
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Frank Capra
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Self
Filmography — Crew
It's a Wonderful Life
Producer
It Happened One Night
Producer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Director
You Can't Take It with You
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Director
Pocketful of Miracles
Producer
Lost Horizon
Director
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Director
Meet John Doe
Director
Lady for a Day
Director
State of the Union
Director
American Madness
Producer
Ladies of Leisure
Director
Platinum Blonde
Producer
A Hole in the Head
Director
The Miracle Woman
Director
Riding High
Director
Broadway Bill
Director
Forbidden
Writer
Dirigible
Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Director
Our Mr. Sun
Director
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Director
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Director
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Director
Hemo the Magnificent
Director
Flight
Director
The Matinee Idol
Director
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Director
Here Comes the Groom
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Director
Long Pants
Director
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Director
The Power of the Press
Director
So This Is Love
Director
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Writer
Rain or Shine
Director
The Strong Man
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Director
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Writer
The Fallbrook Story
Producer
Tunisian Victory
Director
The Unchained Goddess
Writer
Your Job in Germany
Director
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Writer
War Comes to America
Director
Submarine
Director
The Way of the Strong
Director
G.I. Journal
Producer
Attack in the Pacific
Director
The Donovan Affair
Director
Rendezvous in Space
Director
All Night Long
Writer
Riders of the Purple Cows
Writer
For the Love of Mike
Director
Our Job in Japan
Director
The Younger Generation
Director
Say It with Sables
Director
Boobs in the Wood
Writer
The Wild Goose Chaser
Writer
Here Is Germany
Director
That Certain Thing
Director
The Burglar
Writer
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Director
The Italian Warship Libia
Director
Two Down and One to Go
Director
The Negro Soldier
Producer
The Marriage Circus
Writer
The Swim Princess
Writer
The Iron Nag
Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew
Writer
Sneezing Beezers
Writer
3 Days to Live
Writer
Why We Fight Series
Director