Frank Capra
Birthday
1897/05/18
Day of death
1991/09/03 (94 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Also know as
Francesco Rosario Capra, 프랑크 카프라, פרנק קאפרה, فرانک کاپرا
Biography
Frank Russell 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".
Acting
(2005) Why We Fight
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself
(2020) Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
as Self (archive footage)
(1919) The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as ---
(1973) The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
as Self
(1938) Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023) Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Hollywood's Second World War
as Self (archive footage)
(1951) The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Bus Singer (uncredited)
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1938) Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
(1997) Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) Dear Mr. Gable
as Self
(1991) Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance
as Self
(1990) The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies
as ---
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(2022) Le Siècle des icônes
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest