Frank Capra
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".
62 directing credits · 25 acting credits
Directing · 62
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
It Happened One Night
1934
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Lost Horizon
1937
Lady for a Day
1933
Meet John Doe
1941
American Madness
1932
Forbidden
1932
State of the Union
1948
Dirigible
1931
Platinum Blonde
1931
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
A Hole in the Head
1959
Rendezvous in Space
1964
The Miracle Woman
1931
The Bell System Science Series
1956
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944
Ladies of Leisure
1930
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Broadway Bill
1934
Riding High
1950
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
Here Comes the Groom
1951
The Younger Generation
1929
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
The Matinee Idol
1928
Long Pants
1927
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
So This Is Love
1928
The Way of the Strong
1928
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943
Flight
1929
Your Job in Germany
1945
That Certain Thing
1928
Tunisian Victory
1944
The Power of the Press
1928
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
G.I. Journal
1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
Rain or Shine
1930
The Donovan Affair
1929
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
Say It with Sables
1928
The Strong Man
1926
War Comes to America
1945
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
The Fallbrook Story
1952
Submarine
1928
For the Love of Mike
1927
Why We Fight Series
1942
Attack in the Pacific
1944
Here Is Germany
1945
Our Job in Japan
1945
Two Down and One to Go
1945
The Italian Warship Libia
1921
Acting · 25
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
It Happened One Night
1934
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
The Century of Icons
2022
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Five Came Back
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Why We Fight
2005
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
The Screen Director
1951
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973