Frank Capra
Director y productor estadounidense, nacido en Palermo, Italia, y conocido sobre todo por sus comedias. Capra tenía 6 años cuando su familia emigró a los Estados Unidos y se estableció en Los Angeles. Su primer trabajo importante en el cine fue como guionista en los estudios de Mack Sennett. Después dirigió, entre 1926 y 1927, tres películas mudas para Harry Langdon, antes de incorporarse a la Columbia Pictures, donde tuvo gran éxito como director de comedias con personajes atractivos, resonancias sociales y finales felices (aunque como demuestran muchas de sus películas posteriores tenía capacidad para abordar muy diversos géneros). Con tres de estas comedias ganaría el Oscar al mejor director: Sucedió una noche (1934), El secreto de vivir (1936), y Vive como quieras (1938). Durante la II Guerra Mundial, Capra produciría una serie de documentales de propaganda como Por qué combatimos. Otras de su películas a destacar son Horizontes perdidos (1937), Caballero sin espada (1939), Juan Nadie (1941), Arsénico por compasión (1944), ¡Qué bello es vivir! (1946), El estado de la unión (1948), Millonario de ilusiones (1959), o Un gángster para un milagro (1961).
Fotos
Películas (103)
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000 · Director
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990 · Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self, (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973 · Self
Dear Mr. Gable
1968 · Self
Rendezvous in Space
1964 · Director
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Producer, Director
A Hole in the Head
1959 · Director, Producer
The Unchained Goddess
1958 · Writer, Producer
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
1957 · Writer, Director, Producer
Hemo the Magnificent
1957 · Director, Writer, Producer
Our Mr. Sun
1956 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Fallbrook Story
1952 · Producer, Director
Westward the Women
1951 · Story
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Director, Producer
The Screen Director
1951 · Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Riding High
1950 · Director, Producer
State of the Union
1948 · Director, Producer
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
Here Is Germany
1945 · Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Director, Producer, Writer
War Comes to America
1945 · Director
Two Down and One to Go
1945 · Director
Your Job in Germany
1945 · Director, Producer
Our Job in Japan
1945 · Director
G.I. Journal
1944 · Producer, Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944 · Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Director, Producer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944 · Director, Producer
The Negro Soldier
1944 · Producer
Tunisian Victory
1944 · Director
Attack in the Pacific
1944 · Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943 · Director, Producer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 · Director
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 · Director, Producer
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943 · Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942 · Director
Meet John Doe
1941 · Director, Producer
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self, Supervisor of Production Resources
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Director
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Director, Producer
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938 · Frank Capra
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
Lost Horizon
1937 · Director, Producer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Director, Producer
Broadway Bill
1934 · Director, Producer
It Happened One Night
1934 · Bus Singer (uncredited), Producer, Director
Lady for a Day
1933 · Director, Producer
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1933 · Director, Producer
American Madness
1932 · Producer, Director
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932 · Himself
Forbidden
1932 · Writer, Director, Producer
Platinum Blonde
1931 · Producer, Director
The Miracle Woman
1931 · Director, Producer
Dirigible
1931 · Director
Rain or Shine
1930 · Director, Producer
Ladies of Leisure
1930 · Director
Flight
1929 · Director, Dialogue
The Donovan Affair
1929 · Director
The Younger Generation
1929 · Director
Submarine
1928 · Director
The Power of the Press
1928 · Director
The Burglar
1928 · Writer
Say It with Sables
1928 · Director, Story
The Way of the Strong
1928 · Director
The Matinee Idol
1928 · Director, Producer
The Swim Princess
1928 · Writer
So This Is Love
1928 · Director
That Certain Thing
1928 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Fiddlesticks
1927 · Story
For the Love of Mike
1927 · Director
His First Flame
1927 · Story
Long Pants
1927 · Director
The Strong Man
1926 · Director
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926 · Writer
Saturday Afternoon
1926 · Story
Cold Turkey
1925 · Scenario Writer
Lucky Stars
1925 · Story
The Iron Nag
1925 · Writer
Sneezing Beezers
1925 · Writer
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925 · Writer
Good Morning, Nurse
1925 · Story
The Marriage Circus
1925 · Writer
Boobs in the Wood
1925 · Writer
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925 · Writer
All Night Long
1924 · Writer
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924 · Writer
Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924 · Writer
Jubilo, Jr.
1924 · Scenario Writer
3 Days to Live
1924 · Editor, Writer
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922 · Director
The Italian Warship Libia
1921 · Director, Writer
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
