What is Frank Capra?
{{Infobox person | name = Frank Capra | image = Frank Capra, director, aboard the Rex.jpg | birth_name = Francesco Rosario Capra | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1897|05|18}} | birth_place = [[Bisacquino]], [[Sicily]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1991|09|03|1897|05|18}} | death_place = [[La Quinta, California|La Quinta]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart failure]] | resting_place = [[Coachella Valley Public Cemetery]] | other_names = Frank Russell Capra | alma_mater = [[California Institute of Technology]] | occupation = {{hlist|Movie director|producer|screenwriter}} | years_active = 1922–1964 |title = President of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] 1935-1939 | spouse = {{marriage|Helen Howell|1923|1928|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|Lucille Warner|1932|1984|end=died}} | children = 4, including [[Frank Capra Jr.]] }} '''Frank Russell Capra''' (born '''Francesco Rosario Capra'''; May 18, 1897 &ndash; September 3, 1991) was a [[Sicilian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[movie director]], [[movie producer]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_-o2HI26KIC&dq=frank+capra+pacifist&pg=PA96|title=Frank Capra: Interviews|last=Capra|first=Frank|date=2004|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578066179|location=|pages=|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref> He won three [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] from his six nominations as [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]. His best known movies are ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' (1934), ''[[You Can't Take It With You (movie)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' (1938), ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939) and ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1946). ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|1008}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Capra, Frank}} [[Category:Academy Award winning directors]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award winning directors]] [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized