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

The Dick Cavett Show
1972
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1982
It Happened One Night
1934
Hollywood
1980
Five Came Back
2017
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
The Century of Icons
2022
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
28
Directing
61
Writing
32
Producing
34
Editing
1
Crew
1
2023
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Hollywood's Second World War
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Hollywood sul Tevere
2005
Why We Fight
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1990
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1980
Hollywood
as Self
1973
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
as Self
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies
1972
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Dear Mr. Gable
as Self
1951
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Frank Capra
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1934
It Happened One Night
as Bus Singer (uncredited)
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself
1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat