Frank Capra
Director
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".
As Director
Filmography
It Happened One Night
as Bus Singer (uncredited) 1934
Why We Fight
as Self (archive footage) 2005
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage) 2017
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self 1985
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage) 2009
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage) 1997
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
as Self (archive footage) 2020
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self 1940
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self (archive footage) 2019
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited) 1938
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self (archive footage) 1990
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself 1932
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra 1938
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) 1951