- Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-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: | 18 May 1897 Comment | | When did Frank Capra die? / Died | 03 September 1991 | | How many years did Frank Capra live? / Lived | 94 years | | Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
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Frank Capra facts
- 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
- Capra became one of America's most influential directors during the 1930s, winning three Oscars as Best Director
- Among his leading films were It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It With You (1938), and Mr
- Smith Goes to Washington (1939); the former two of these won the Academy Award for Best Picture
- During World War II, Capra served in the U
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- Army Signal Corps and produced propaganda films, such as the Why We Fight series
- After World War II, Capra's career declined as his later films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946), which was flopped when it was first released, were critically derided as being "simplistic" or "overly idealistic"
- In s쳮ding decades, however, these films have been favorably reassessed
- Outside of directing, Capra was active in the film industry, engaging in various political and social issues
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