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Frank Capra
Known for: DirectingFrank 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".
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It's a Wonderful Life
+8
Director, Screenplay 
It Happened One Night
+7
Director, Producer 
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
+4
Director 
Arsenic and Old Lace
+2
Director, Producer 
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage) 
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
+5
Director, Producer 
You Can't Take It with You
+6
Director, Producer 
Pocketful of Miracles
+7
Director, Producer 
A Hole in the Head
+4
Director, Producer 
State of the Union
+2
Director, Producer 
Westward the Women
+1
Story 
Lost Horizon
+5
Director, Producer 
Meet John Doe
+23
Director, Producer 
Lady for a Day
+4
Director, Producer 
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
+2
Director, Producer 
Forbidden
Director, Writer 
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
+13
Director 
Frank Capra: Mr. America
+3
as Self (archive footage) 
Here Comes the Groom
+3
Director, Producer 
American Madness
+2
Director, Producer 
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
+15
Director, Producer 
The Matinee Idol
+2
Director, Producer 
Platinum Blonde
+1
Director, Producer 
Ladies of Leisure
+7
Director 
So This Is Love
+2
Director 
The Miracle Woman
+2
Director, Producer 
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
+5
Director, Producer 
Broadway Bill
Director, Producer 
Riding High
+3
Director, Producer 
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
+11
Director 
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
+12
Director, Producer 
Why We Fight
+3
as Self (archive footage) 
The Power of the Press
Director 
+6 
War Comes to America
+11
Director 
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Writer 
Rain or Shine
+5
Director, Producer 
Attack in the Pacific
+18
Director 
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Director, Writer 
That Certain Thing
+5
Director, Screenplay 
The Way of the Strong
+2
Director 
Our Job in Japan
Director 
Our Mr. Sun
Director, Writer 
Tunisian Victory
+13
Director