Frank Capra

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Academy Award winner Italian-American person film director film producer screenwriter

Frank Capra was an influential Italian-American film director best known for his optimistic, populist classics such as "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and "It's a Wonderful Life."

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Frank Capra filmography	2
Francesco Rosario Capra	1

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instanceOf	Academy Award winner ⓘ Italian-American person ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1964 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1920 ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (namesake honor) ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
citizenship	Italy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Italy ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1897-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1991-09-03 ⓘ
directed	Arsenic and Old Lace (film) ⓘ surface form: Arsenic and Old Lace It Happened One Night ⓘ It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ Lost Horizon ⓘ Meet John Doe ⓘ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ Pocketful of Miracles ⓘ State of the Union ⓘ Why We Fight (film series) ⓘ You Can't Take It with You ⓘ surface form: You Can’t Take It with You
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sicilian ⓘ
familyName	Capra hircus ⓘ surface form: Capra
fieldOfWork	motion pictures ⓘ
fullName	Frank Capra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ populist cinema ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ
givenName	Francesco ⓘ
knownFor	depictions of the American everyman ⓘ optimistic populist themes ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
movement	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
notableWork	It Happened One Night ⓘ It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ Meet John Doe ⓘ Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ⓘ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ You Can't Take It with You ⓘ surface form: You Can’t Take It with You
numberOfAcademyAwardsForBestDirector	3 ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy ⓘ
placeOfDeath	La Quinta, California, United States ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedIn	World War II ⓘ
spouse	Lucille Warner Reyburn ⓘ

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7th Academy Awards → bestDirectorWinner → Frank Capra ⓘ

Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy → birthplaceOf → Frank Capra ⓘ

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Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → director → Frank Capra ⓘ

It Happened One Night → director → Frank Capra ⓘ

Lost Horizon → director → Frank Capra ⓘ

You Can't Take It with You → director → Frank Capra ⓘ

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Frank Capra → fullName → Frank Capra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francesco Rosario Capra

Academy Award for Best Director → hasNotableMultipleWinners → Frank Capra ⓘ

Hollywood Golden Age → notableDirector → Frank Capra ⓘ

AFI Life Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Frank Capra ⓘ

Meet John Doe → partOf → Frank Capra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frank Capra filmography

State of the Union → partOf → Frank Capra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frank Capra filmography

Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → producer → Frank Capra ⓘ

It Happened One Night → producer → Frank Capra ⓘ

Lost Horizon → producer → Frank Capra ⓘ

Clark Gable → workedWith → Frank Capra ⓘ

James Stewart → workedWith → Frank Capra ⓘ