Director
Frank Capra
129 years · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia · 89 films
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".
Best known for
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Director, Producer
On Hoopla
It Happened One Night
1934 · Bus Singer (uncredited), Director
On Tubi TV
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Director
On Philo
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Director, Producer
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Director, Producer
On YouTube TV
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Director, Producer
On YouTube Free
Filmography 89
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)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009 · Actor
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
2005 · Self (archive footage)
On Artiflix
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, (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear Mr. Gable
1968 · Self
Rendezvous in Space
1964 · Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Director, Producer
On Tubi TV
A Hole in the Head
1959 · Director, Producer
On Tubi TV
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957 · Director, Writer
Hemo the Magnificent
1957 · Director, Writer
Our Mr. Sun
1956 · Director, Writer
The Fallbrook Story
1952 · Producer, Director
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Director, Producer
On Hoopla
The Screen Director
1951 · Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Riding High
1950 · Director, Producer
On Hoopla
State of the Union
1948 · Director, Producer