Frank Capra
Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1897 · Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
- Died
- September 3, 1991 (age 94)
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".
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
December 20, 1946
It Happened One Night
February 22, 1934
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
October 19, 1939
Arsenic and Old Lace
September 1, 1944
You Can't Take It with You
September 1, 1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
April 9, 1936
Meet John Doe
March 14, 1941
Lost Horizon
March 3, 1937
Pocketful of Miracles
December 18, 1961
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
January 6, 1933
Lady for a Day
September 13, 1933
Westward the Women
December 16, 1951
Behind the camera84
- 2000Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America Director
- 1964Rendezvous in Space Director
- 1961Pocketful of Miracles Producer, Director
- 1959A Hole in the Head Director, Producer
- 1958The Unchained Goddess Writer, Producer
- 1957The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays Writer, Director, Producer
- 1957Hemo the Magnificent Director, Writer, Producer
- 1956Our Mr. Sun Director, Writer, Producer
- 1952The Fallbrook Story Producer, Director
- 1951