Frank Capra
Known for: Directing
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
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
1934
Series
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
Film
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Film
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
1985
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
1968
Film
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Film
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Frank Capra
1938
Film
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
1932
Film
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Self
1973