Frank Capra
Known for: Directing
Born: May 18, 1897
Died: September 3, 1991
Place of birth: Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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".
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Filmography
103 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023
7.0
The Century of Icons
2022
9.0
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020
8.0
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
7.2
Five Came Back
2017
NR
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.5
Why We Fight
2005NR
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000
6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
6.3
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
NR
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
19737.0
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
10.0
Dear Mr. Gable
1968
6.0
Rendezvous in Space
1964
7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
6.2
A Hole in the Head
19596.8
The Unchained Goddess
1958
5.7
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
7.5
Hemo the Magnificent
1957
7.3
Our Mr. Sun
1956
NR
The Bell System Science Series
1956
NR
The Fallbrook Story
1952
7.0
Westward the Women
1951
5.4
Here Comes the Groom
1951
7.0
The Screen Director
1951
6.1
Riding High
1950
6.8
State of the Union
1948
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
7.0
Here Is Germany
1945
5.9
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
7.1
War Comes to America
1945
6.8
Two Down and One to Go
1945
5.9
Your Job in Germany
1945
NR
Our Job in Japan
1945NR
G.I. Journal
1944
6.7
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
7.0
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944
6.2
The Negro Soldier
1944
6.4
Tunisian Victory
1944
9.0
Attack in the Pacific
1944
6.9
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
6.8
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
7.0
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
6.4
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943
6.4
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
6.9
Lost Horizon
1937
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
7.1
Lady for a Day
1933
6.3
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
6.9
American Madness
1932
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
6.5
Forbidden
1932
6.7
Platinum Blonde
1931
6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931
5.5
Dirigible
1931
6.5
Rain or Shine
1930
6.2
Ladies of Leisure
1930
6.6
Flight
1929
7.5
The Donovan Affair
1929
6.9
The Younger Generation
1929
5.8
Submarine
1928
6.4
The Power of the Press
1928
5.0
The Burglar
1928
7.0
Say It with Sables
1928
8.3
The Way of the Strong
1928
6.6
The Matinee Idol
1928
7.0
The Swim Princess
1928
5.8
So This Is Love
1928
6.8
That Certain Thing
1928
7.0
Fiddlesticks
1927
7.0
For the Love of Mike
1927
6.0
His First Flame
1927
5.9
Long Pants
1927
6.2
The Strong Man
1926
5.9
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
5.8
Saturday Afternoon
1926
8.0
Cold Turkey
1925
7.0
Lucky Stars
1925
8.0
The Iron Nag
1925
9.0
Sneezing Beezers
1925
8.0
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
8.0
Good Morning, Nurse
19259.0
The Marriage Circus
1925
7.3
Boobs in the Wood
1925
4.0
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925
8.0
All Night Long
1924
10.0
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924
10.0
Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924
6.9
Jubilo, Jr.
19248.0
3 Days to Live
1924
5.6
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
5.0
The Italian Warship Libia
1921
6.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919