Frank Capra

Birthday: 5/18/1897
Deathday: 9/3/1991
Place of birth: Bisacquino, Sicilia, Italia
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Francesco Rosario Capra, 프랭크 카프라, 프랑크 카프라

Biography

Frank Russell 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".