Directing
Frank Capra
Born May 18, 1897 Died September 3, 1991 Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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
6.0
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023·Documentary
9.5
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020·Documentary
8.0
Hollywood's Second World War
2019·Documentary
7.9
Five Came Back
2017·Documentary
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Hollywood sul Tevere
2009·Documentary
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009·Documentary
7.5
Why We Fight
2005·Documentary
6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997·Documentary
6.3
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990·Documentary
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·Documentary
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985·Documentary
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Documentary
10.0
Dear Mr. Gable
1968·Documentary
6.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940·Documentary
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938·Documentary
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938·Documentary
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934·Comedy
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932·Documentary
6.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919·Western