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Frank Capra

Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified."


Aliases
  • Francesco Rosario Capra
  • Frank Russell Capra
  • Frank R. Capra
English

Director

Movie It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
Movie For the Love of Mike 1927
Movie Lost Horizon 1937
Movie American Madness 1932
Movie Here Comes the Groom 1951
Movie Forbidden 1932
Movie The Way of the Strong 1928
Movie The Younger Generation 1929
Movie Submarine 1928
Movie Rendezvous in Space 1964
Movie Two Down and One to Go 1945
Movie Our Mr. Sun 1956
Episode Why We Fight
Prelude to War
1942
Movie Why We Fight: War Comes to America 1945
Episode Why We Fight
The Nazis Strike
1943
Episode Why We Fight
Divide and Conquer
1943
Episode Why We Fight
The Battle of Russia
1943
Episode Why We Fight
The Battle of China
1944
Movie Lady for a Day 1933
Movie Dirigible 1931
Movie Hemo the Magnificent 1957
Movie Rain or Shine 1930
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
Prelude to War
1997
Movie Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
The Battle of Britain
1998
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
The Battle of Russia
1998
Movie The Donovan Affair 1929
Movie Why We Fight: The Battle of China 1944
Movie Long Pants 1927
Movie Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain 1943
Movie That Certain Thing 1928
Movie Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer 1943
Movie Broadway Bill 1934
Movie Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942
Movie Fultah Fisher's Boarding House 1922
Movie Your Job in Germany 1945
Movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
Movie Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
Movie It Happened One Night 1934
Movie A Hole in the Head 1959
Movie The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933
Movie Here Is Germany 1945
Movie The Miracle Woman 1931
Movie You Can't Take It with You 1938
Movie Tunisian Victory 1944
Movie The matinee Idol 1928
Movie The Power of the Press 1928
Movie Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia 1943
Movie Platinum Blonde 1931
Movie Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike 1943
Movie The Strong Man 1926
Movie State of the Union 1948
Movie Know Your Enemy - Japan 1945
Movie Riding High 1950
Movie Ladies of Leisure 1930
Episode Hollywood Goes to War
The Negro Soldier (1944)
1970
Movie Meet John Doe 1941

Writer

Movie It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Movie Jubilo, Jr. 1924
Movie Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1926
Movie Forbidden 1932
Movie His First Flame 1927
Movie Good Morning, Nurse 1925
Movie Westward the Women 1951
Movie The Unchained Goddess 1958
Movie Rendezvous in Space 1964
Movie Our Mr. Sun 1956
Movie The Iron Nag 1925
Movie Hemo the Magnificent 1957
Movie The Wild Goose Chaser 1925
Movie Saturday Afternoon 1926
Movie Riders of the Purple Cows 1924
Movie That Certain Thing 1928
Movie Fultah Fisher's Boarding House 1922
Movie 3 Days to Live 1924
Movie Know Your Enemy - Japan 1945
Movie Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies 1925

Producer

Movie It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
Movie Lost Horizon 1937
Movie American Madness 1932
Movie Here Comes the Groom 1951
Movie Forbidden 1932
Movie The Unchained Goddess 1958
Movie Rendezvous in Space 1964
Movie Two Down and One to Go 1945
Movie Our Mr. Sun 1956
Movie The Negro Soldier 1944
Movie Strictly G.I. 1943
Movie Hemo the Magnificent 1957
Movie Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Movie Attack! Battle of New Britain 1944
Movie Know Your Ally: Britain 1944
Movie Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer 1943
Movie Broadway Bill 1934
Movie Your Job in Germany 1945
Movie Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942
Movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
Movie Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
Movie It Happened One Night 1934
Movie A Hole in the Head 1959
Movie The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933
Movie The Miracle Woman 1931
Movie You Can't Take It with You 1938
Movie Platinum Blonde 1931
Movie State of the Union 1948
Movie Ladies of Leisure 1930
Movie Meet John Doe 1941

Crew

Movie Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
1972