Frank Capra
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 109
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- May 18, 1897
- Died
- September 3, 1991
- Place of birth
- Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
- Also known as
- Francesco Rosario Capra프랑크 카프라פרנק קאפרהفرانک کاپراFrank Russell Capra
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".
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Filmography
Directing
61 titles
Production
34 titles
Writing
32 titles
Acting
26 titles
2017
