Frank Capra's biography
Frank Capra is 94 years old film director born at Bisacquino. He was born on Tuesday 18th of May 1897. According to year of birth 1897 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 18th of May means he is Taurus. Taurus is most stable sign of Zodiac, that is the reason it is also included in the earthy sign of the Zodiac Belt. One born with this Moon Sign (Not a Rising Sign) is very stable and balanced through their mind.
His primary profession is to be film director. You can know him also as screenwriter, film producer, banjoist. He is recently known as trade unionist.
Frank Capra's family
Frank Capra's ex spouse
Helen Howell
Frank Capra and Helen Howell have been together since 1923 for 5 years.
He has 1 son.
Frank Capra's son: Frank Capra Jr.
Frank Capra's son's name is Frank Capra Jr.. He is known as film producer. His son was born on Tuesday 20th of March 1934 in Los Angeles. His son died on Wednesday 19th of December 2007 in Philadelphia. Frank Capra Jr. was 110 years old, when this happened.
Frank Capra's schools
We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: California Institute of Technology, Manual Arts High School.
Frank Capra's career
His main focus is to be film director.
How did Frank Capra die
He died on on Tuesday 3rd of September 1991 when he was 94 years old at La Quinta. Frank Capras death was caused by heart attack in his sleep. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Frank Capra's Awards
- Awarded American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 1982.
- Hosted the Academy Awards in 1936 and 1939.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.
- His play, "It's A Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!" at the American Blues Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Play Production.
- The cast of his play, "It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago" at the American Blues Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2017 Joseph Jeffersoon Equity Award for Ensemble.
Frank Capra's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
What Frank Capra has done for a first time
- He got his first film assignment by answering an ad in a Los Angeles newspaper.
- Colleen Moore recalled that Capra directed the cameo appearance by Harry Langdon in the First National picture Ella Cinders (1926).
Frank Capra's Donations
- A staunch opponent of abortion and donated funds to support the Human Life Amendment.
Frank Capra's quotes
- Behind every successful man there stands an astonished woman.
- Compassion is a two-way street.
- My advice to young filmmakers is this: Don't follow trends. Start them!
- I thought drama was when the actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
- There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
- [on Marilyn Monroe] Breasts she had. And a wiggly figure. But to me sex is class, something more than a wiggly behind. If it weren't, I know 200 whores who would be stars.
- [James Stewart's] appeal lay in being so unusually usual.
- [upon receiving his AFI Lifetime Achievment Award] I'd be the first to admit I'm a damn good director.
- Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film.
- A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
- Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint.
- In our film profession you may have [Clark Gable's] looks, [Spencer Tracy's] art, [Marlene Dietrich's] legs or [Elizabeth Taylor's] violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
- [on Preston Sturges] Jesus, he was a strange guy. Carried his own hill with him, I tell you.
- [on Jean Arthur] Never have I seen a performer with such a chronic case of stage jitters. They weren't butterflies in her stomach. They were wasps.
- There is one word that aptly describes Hollywood--"nervous".
- [on directing Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)] Colbert fretted, pouted and argued about her part. Challenged my slaphappy way of shooting scenes. Fussed constantly. She was a tartar, but a cute one.
- [on Philip Van Doren Stern] The man whose Christmas tale was the spark that set me off into making my favorite film, It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
- [when asked if there was still a way to make movies with the values and ideals in his films] Well if there isn't, we might as well give up.
- [the theme of It's a Wonderful Life (1946)] The individual's belief in himself. I made it to combat a modern trend toward atheism.
- [to James Stewart when he hadn't yet figured out the story for It's a Wonderful Life (1946)] I haven't got a story. This is the lousiest piece of cheese I ever heard of. Forget it, Jimmy . . . Forget it!
- [after Philip Van Doren Stern sent him a Christmas card that formed the basis for It's a Wonderful Life (1946)] I thank you for sending it and I love you for creating it.
- [returning to directing after World War II] I was scared to death.
- [on the coming of sound] Everybody in Hollywood was scared to death of sound, but I knew all about sound waves from freshman physics.
Frank Capra's body shape
Lets describe how Frank Capra looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.