Frank Capra
Directing
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
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movieRendezvous in Space
1964
Director
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961
Director
movieA Hole in the Head
1959
Director
movieHemo the Magnificent
1957
Director
movieOur Mr. Sun
1956
Director
movieThe Fallbrook Story
1952
Director
movieHere Comes the Groom
1951
Director
movieRiding High
1950
Director
movieState of the Union
1948
Director
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
Director
movieHere Is Germany
1945
Director
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Director
movieWar Comes to America
1945
Director
movieTwo Down and One to Go
1945
Director
movieYour Job in Germany
1945
Director
movieOur Job in Japan
1945
Director
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
Director
movieTunisian Victory
1944
Director
movieAttack in the Pacific
1944
Director
movieMeet John Doe
1941
Director
movieLost Horizon
1937
Director
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Director
movieBroadway Bill
1934
Director
movieIt Happened One Night
1934
Director
movieLady for a Day
1933
Director
movieAmerican Madness
1932
Director
movieForbidden
1932
Director
moviePlatinum Blonde
1931
Director
movieThe Miracle Woman
1931
Director
movieDirigible
1931
Director
movieRain or Shine
1930
Director
movieLadies of Leisure
1930
Director
movieFlight
1929
Director
movieThe Donovan Affair
1929
Director
movieThe Younger Generation
1929
Director
movieSubmarine
1928
Director
movieThe Power of the Press
1928
Director
movieSay It with Sables
1928
Director
movieThe Way of the Strong
1928
Director
movieThe Matinee Idol
1928
Director
movieSo This Is Love
1928
Director
movieThat Certain Thing
1928
Director
movieFor the Love of Mike
1927
Director
movieLong Pants
1927
Director
movieThe Strong Man
1926
Director
Production34
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961
Producer
movieA Hole in the Head
1959
Producer
movieHemo the Magnificent
1957
Producer
movieOur Mr. Sun
1956
Producer
movieThe Fallbrook Story
1952
Producer
movieHere Comes the Groom
1951
Producer
movieRiding High
1950
Producer
movieState of the Union
1948
Producer
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
Producer
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Producer
movieYour Job in Germany
1945
Producer
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
Producer
movieThe Negro Soldier
1944
Producer
movieMeet John Doe
1941
Producer
movieLost Horizon
1937
Producer
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Producer
movieBroadway Bill
1934
Producer
movieIt Happened One Night
1934
Producer
movieLady for a Day
1933
Producer
movieAmerican Madness
1932
Producer
movieForbidden
1932
Producer
moviePlatinum Blonde
1931
Producer
movieThe Miracle Woman
1931
Producer
movieRain or Shine
1930
Producer
movieThe Matinee Idol
1928
Producer
movieThat Certain Thing
1928
Producer
Writing32
movieOur Mr. Sun
1956
Writer
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
Screenplay
movieForbidden
1932
Writer
movieFlight
1929
Dialogue
movieThe Burglar
1928
Writer
movieThat Certain Thing
1928
Screenplay
movieCold Turkey
1925
Scenario Writer
movieLucky Stars
1925
Story
movieThe Iron Nag
1925
Writer
movieAll Night Long
1924
Writer
movieJubilo, Jr.
1924
Scenario Writer
Acting26
movieFrank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Century of Icons
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Second World War
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieWhy We Fight
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
The Screen Director
1951
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
movieScreen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Frank Capra
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
movieIt Happened One Night
1934
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Crew1
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Supervisor of Production Resources