Frank Capra
Director · Actor · WriterFrank 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".
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR21
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Why We Fight
2005
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
Self
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
Self
- The Screen Director
The Screen Director
1951
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Frank Capra
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
Himself
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
DIRECTOR60
- Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
Director
Rendezvous in Space
1964
Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Director
A Hole in the Head
1959
Director
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Director
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Director
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Director
The Fallbrook Story
1952
Director
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Director
Riding High
1950
Director
State of the Union
1948
Director
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Director
War Comes to America
1945
Director
Here Is Germany
1945
Director
Your Job in Germany
1945
Director
Our Job in Japan
1945
Director
Two Down and One to Go
1945
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944
Director
Tunisian Victory
1944
Director
Attack in the Pacific
1944
Director
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
Director
- G.I. Journal
G.I. Journal
1944
Director
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
Director
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
Director
Meet John Doe
1941
Director
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Director
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Director
Lost Horizon
1937
Director
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Director
It Happened One Night
1934
Director
Broadway Bill
1934
Director
Lady for a Day
1933
Director
American Madness
1932
Director
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Director
Forbidden
1932
Director
Platinum Blonde
1931
Director
The Miracle Woman
1931
Director
Dirigible
1931
Director
Rain or Shine
1930
Director
Ladies of Leisure
1930
Director
The Younger Generation
1929
Director
Flight
1929
Director
The Donovan Affair
1929
Director
The Matinee Idol
1928
Director
That Certain Thing
1928
Director
The Power of the Press
1928
Director
Submarine
1928
Director
The Way of the Strong
1928
Director
So This Is Love
1928
Director
Say It with Sables
1928
Director
Long Pants
1927
Director
For the Love of Mike
1927
Director
The Strong Man
1926
Director
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
Director
The Italian Warship Libia
1921
Director
WRITER32
- The Unchained Goddess
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Writer
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Writer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Writer
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Writer
Westward the Women
1951
Story
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Screenplay
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Writer
Forbidden
1932
Writer
Flight
1929
Dialogue
The Swim Princess
1928
Writer
That Certain Thing
1928
Screenplay
The Burglar
1928
Writer
Say It with Sables
1928
Story
Fiddlesticks
1927
Story
His First Flame
1927
Story
Saturday Afternoon
1926
Story
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
Writer
The Iron Nag
1925
Writer
- The Marriage Circus
The Marriage Circus
1925
Writer
Sneezing Beezers
1925
Writer
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925
Writer
Cold Turkey
1925
Scenario Writer
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
Writer
Good Morning, Nurse
1925
Story
Lucky Stars
1925
Story
Boobs in the Wood
1925
Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924
Writer
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
Scenario Writer
- 3 Days to Live
3 Days to Live
1924
Writer
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924
Writer
All Night Long
1924
Writer
The Italian Warship Libia
1921
Writer
PRODUCER34
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Producer
A Hole in the Head
1959
Producer
- The Unchained Goddess
The Unchained Goddess
1958
Producer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Producer
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Producer
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Producer
The Fallbrook Story
1952
Producer
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Producer
Riding High
1950
Producer
State of the Union
1948
Producer
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Producer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Producer
Your Job in Germany
1945
Producer
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Producer
The Negro Soldier
1944
Producer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
Producer
- G.I. Journal
G.I. Journal
1944
Producer
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
Producer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
Producer
Meet John Doe
1941
Producer
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Producer
Lost Horizon
1937
Producer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Producer
It Happened One Night
1934
Producer
Broadway Bill
1934
Producer
Lady for a Day
1933
Producer
American Madness
1932
Producer
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Producer
Forbidden
1932
Producer
Platinum Blonde
1931
Producer
The Miracle Woman
1931
Producer
Rain or Shine
1930
Producer
The Matinee Idol
1928
Producer
That Certain Thing
1928
Producer
