Directing

Frank Capra

1897–1991 · Directing

65.6avg grm

17titles

#26best rank

13honors

best title · #26 on siteIt's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Director84.7

Honors

13

1937Academy Award — Best Director

1986National Medal of Arts

1982AFI Life Achievement Award

1974Inkpot Award

1970Golden Plate Award

Bio

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

ranked on this site

1980s1 title

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey1984 · as Self59.0

1960s1 title

Pocketful of Miracles1961 · as Director53.4

1940s7 titles

State of the Union1948 · as Director55.3 I

It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Director84.7 A

Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · as Director73.5 D

Divide and Conquer1943 · as Director57.4 B

The Battle of Britain1943 · as Director56.7 B

The Battle of Russia1943 · as Director56.0 M

Meet John Doe1941 · as Director73.5

1930s8 titles

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · as Director77.7 Y

You Can't Take It with You1938 · as Director73.6 L

Lost Horizon1937 · as Director71.3 M

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 · as Director72.9 I

It Happened One Night1934 · as Director80.7 L

Lady for a Day1933 · as Director57.1 A

American Madness1932 · as Director57.5 M

The Miracle Woman1931 · as Director56.0

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Frank Capra

F

born1897

died1991

known forDirecting

titles on site17

best title rank#26 · It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

avg GRM65.6

honors13 · Academy Award — Best Director, 1937

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

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title

59.0George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey1984 · as Self

1960s

1 title

53.4Pocketful of Miracles1961 · as Director

1940s

7 titles

55.3State of the Union1948 · as Director I

84.7It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Director A

73.5Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · as Director D

57.4Divide and Conquer1943 · as Director B

56.7The Battle of Britain1943 · as Director B

56.0The Battle of Russia1943 · as Director M

73.5Meet John Doe1941 · as Director

1930s

8 titles

77.7Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · as Director Y

73.6You Can't Take It with You1938 · as Director L

71.3Lost Horizon1937 · as Director M

72.9Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 · as Director I

80.7It Happened One Night1934 · as Director L

57.1Lady for a Day1933 · as Director A

57.5American Madness1932 · as Director M

56.0The Miracle Woman1931 · as Director

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