About
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".
Filmography
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America2000 · Director
Rendezvous in Space1964 · Director
Pocketful of Miracles1961 · Producer, Director
A Hole in the Head1959 · Director, Producer
The Unchained Goddess1958 · Writer, Producer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays1957 · Writer, Director, Producer
Hemo the Magnificent1957 · Director, Writer, Producer
Our Mr. Sun1956 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Fallbrook Story1952 · Producer, Director
Westward the Women1951 · Story
Here Comes the Groom1951 · Director, Producer
Riding High1950 · Director, Producer
State of the Union1948 · Director, Producer
It's a Wonderful Life1946 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
Here Is Germany1945 · Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan1945 · Director, Producer, Writer
War Comes to America1945 · Director
Two Down and One to Go1945 · Director
Your Job in Germany1945 · Director, Producer
Our Job in Japan1945 · Director