Directing
Frank Capra
Born May 18, 1897 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".
Directed Films
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Rendezvous in Space
1964·Documentary
7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
1961·Comedy
6.2
A Hole in the Head
1959·Comedy
5.8
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957·Animation
7.9
Hemo the Magnificent
1957·Animation
7.5
Our Mr. Sun
1956·Documentary
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The Fallbrook Story
1952·Documentary
5.4
Here Comes the Groom
1951·Comedy
6.1
Riding High
1950·Comedy
6.8
State of the Union
1948·Comedy
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946·Drama
7.0
Here Is Germany
1945·War
5.9
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945·Documentary
7.1
War Comes to America
1945·Documentary
6.8
Two Down and One to Go
1945·Documentary
5.9
Your Job in Germany
1945·Documentary
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Our Job in Japan
1945·Documentary
6.8
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944·War
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944·Comedy
7.0
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944·War
6.4
Tunisian Victory
1944·Documentary
9.0
Attack in the Pacific
1944·Documentary
6.9
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943·Documentary
6.8
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943·Documentary
Also Appeared In
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