Frank Capra
Directing
Born May 18, 1897 in 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".
Filmography
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Dear Mr. Gable
Self
Rendezvous in Space
Pocketful of Miracles
A Hole in the Head
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Hemo the Magnificent
Our Mr. Sun
The Bell System Science Series
The Fallbrook Story
Westward the Women
Here Comes the Groom
Riding High
State of the Union
It's a Wonderful Life
Here Is Germany
Know Your Enemy: Japan
War Comes to America
Two Down and One to Go
Your Job in Germany
Our Job in Japan
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Arsenic and Old Lace
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
The Negro Soldier
Tunisian Victory
Attack in the Pacific
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Meet John Doe
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Frank Capra
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Lost Horizon
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Broadway Bill
It Happened One Night
Bus Singer (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
American Madness
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Himself
Forbidden
Platinum Blonde
The Miracle Woman
Dirigible
Rain or Shine
Ladies of Leisure
Flight
The Donovan Affair
The Younger Generation
Submarine
The Power of the Press
The Burglar
Say It with Sables
The Way of the Strong
The Matinee Idol
The Swim Princess
So This Is Love
That Certain Thing
Fiddlesticks
For the Love of Mike
His First Flame
Long Pants
The Strong Man
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Saturday Afternoon
Cold Turkey
Lucky Stars
The Iron Nag
Sneezing Beezers
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Good Morning, Nurse
Boobs in the Wood
The Wild Goose Chaser
All Night Long
Riders of the Purple Cows
Little Robinson Corkscrew
Jubilo, Jr.
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
The Italian Warship Libia
The Outcasts of Poker Flat