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Frank Capra

Directing
Known For

94 Years Old

Frank Russell 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".

Born

Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia on 18th May 1897

Died

3rd September 1991

All Credits

The Dick Cavett Show Image
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Image
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
It Happened One Night Image
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Frank Capra: Mr. America Image
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies Image
The Men Who Made the Movies
And the Oscar Goes To... Image
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Image
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Image
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Century of Icons Image
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back Image
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Image
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream Image
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
No Image
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Image
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Image
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Why We Fight Image
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War Image
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 Image
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Frank Capra
Another Romance of Celluloid Image
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' Image
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
Dear Mr. Gable Image
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) Image
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Image
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
No Image
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Self
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique Image
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)