Frank Capra

**Frank Capra**
	Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)
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Name in native language	Frank Capra;
Date of birth	18 May 1897; Bisacquino; Francesco Rosario Capra
Date of death	3 September 1991; La Quinta
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	myocardial infarction;
Place of burial	Coachella Valley Public Cemetery;
Work period (start)	1922;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of Italy (1897–1946); Italy (1946–); United States;
Residence	Bisacquino (1897–1903); United States (emigration, 1903–);
Educated at	California Institute of Technology; Manual Arts High School;
Occupation	film director; screenwriter; film producer; banjoist; military officer; director; writer; military personnel; producer; film screenwriter;
Member of political party	Republican Party;
Child	Frank Capra, Jr.;
Spouse	Helen Howell (1923–1928);
Award received	National Medal of Arts (1986); Academy Award for Best Director (1935); Academy Award for Best Director (1937); Academy Award for Best Director (1939); AFI Life Achievement Award (1982); Golden Plate Award (1970); Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Merit; Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; National Board of Review Award for Best Film; Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame; Inkpot Award (1974);
Authority file
	Q51492; ISNI: 0000000122767999; VIAF cluster ID: 14767184; GND ID: 119066211; Library of Congress authority ID: n79148917; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11895090j; IdRef ID: 027999742; NDL Authority ID: 01241803; Libraries Australia ID: 35025754; NL CR AUT ID: ola2002158377; SELIBR ID: 182735; National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1139461; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072798939; NORAF ID: 90236917; NUKAT ID: n2007075201; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10580418; NLP ID (old): a0000001053009; National Library of Korea ID: KAC201106764; Libris-URI: mkz11x652xl93l3; National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810643123605606; J9U ID: 987007277705905171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA01255153; SBN author ID: CFIV096046; Open Library ID: OL543912A; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500330913; MusicBrainz artist ID: b74e7e24-ed9d-47fb-ac24-e22f3e2da8e9; IMDb ID: nm0001008; Internet Broadway Database person ID: 427084
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Alternative names	Birth name: Francesco Rosario Capra; Frank Robert Capra; Frank Russell Capra; Francesco Capra
Description	Italian-American filmmaker
Date of birth/death	18 May 1897	3 September 1991
Location of birth/death	Bisacquino	La Quinta
Work period	1922 –
Authority file	: Q51492 VIAF: 14767184 ISNI: 0000000122767999 ULAN: 500330913 LCCN: n79148917 NAID: 10580418 NLA: 35025754 MusicBrainz: b74e7e24-ed9d-47fb-ac24-e22f3e2da8e9 Open Library: OL543912A GND: 119066211 SELIBR: 182735 SUDOC: 027999742 BNF: 11895090j NDL: 01241803 BIBSYS: 90236917 NKC: ola2002158377 SBN: CFIV096046 BNE: XX1139461 CiNii: DA01255153 NLP: a0000001053009 J9U: 987007277705905171 Koninklijke: 072798939 NLK: KAC201106764 WorldCat

Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian born American film director, producer and writer.

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Frank Capra, 1930s
Frank Capra, 1930s
Frank Capra, 1937
Harry Cohn and Frank Capra, 1938
James Gleason, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, and Frank Capra playing chess, 1940
Frank Capra reading Cine-Mundial, 1941
Frank Capra, 1943
Frank Capra receives the Distinguished Service Medal from General George C. Marshall, 1945