Frank Capra

Directing

Frank Capra

18 May 1897† 3 September 1991 (aged 94) Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia

Directed: 61
Written: 32
Produced: 34
Movies: 21
Shows: 5

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".

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

8.31946

It Happened One Night

7.81934

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.81939

Arsenic and Old Lace

7.61944

You Can't Take It with You

7.51938

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

7.51936

Meet John Doe

7.31941

Lost Horizon

6.91937

Pocketful of Miracles

7.31961

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

6.31933

Lady for a Day

7.11933

State of the Union

6.81948

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

6.41942

Platinum Blonde

6.61931

The Miracle Woman

6.71931

A Hole in the Head

6.21959

American Madness

6.91932

Forbidden

6.51932

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

6.81943

Ladies of Leisure

6.21930