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Frank Capra

Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American Dream personified."


Aliases
  • Francesco Rosario Capra
  • Frank Russell Capra
  • Frank R. Capra
English

Director

Episode Why We Fight
Prelude to War
1942
Episode Why We Fight
The Nazis Strike
1943
Episode Why We Fight
Divide and Conquer
1943
Episode Why We Fight
The Battle of Russia
1943
Episode Why We Fight
The Battle of China
1944
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
Prelude to War
1997
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
The Battle of Britain
1998
Episode World War II: Divide & Conquer
The Battle of Russia
1998
Episode Hollywood Goes to War
The Negro Soldier (1944)
1970

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Frank Capra, Mel Brooks, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich
1972