Frank Capra
Biography
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".
Filmography
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
as Self
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
as Self
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as Frank Capra
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934
as Bus Singer (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
as Himself
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919