Frank Capra
Directing Born: 1897-05-18 Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
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".
Movies
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Five Came Back
It Happened One Night
Why We Fight
Frank Capra's American Dream
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Another Romance of Celluloid
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
Hollywood's Second World War
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Screen Director
Dear Mr. Gable
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
