As Actor
Five Came Back
2017
7.9
Frank Capra
Acting
Birth date
May 18, 1897
Birth place
Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Death date
September 3, 1991
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".
Featured in
As Actor
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
5.6
As Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
7.3
As Director
A Hole in the Head
1959
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957
5.2
As Director, As Writer
Our Mr. Sun
1956
7.5
As Director
Here Comes the Groom
1951
5.2
As Director
State of the Union
1948
6.7
As Director, As Writer
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
8.3
As Director, As Writer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
5.8
As Director
War Comes to America
1945
7.0
As Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943
6.8
As Director
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
6.8
As Director
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943
6.3
As Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
6.4
As Director
Meet John Doe
1941
7.3
As Director
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.8
As Actor
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
6.0
As Director
Lost Horizon
1937
7.0
As Director
Broadway Bill
1934
6.0