Frank Capra (May 5, 1897 – September 3, 1991) 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. Capra directed a total of 36 feature-length films (34 of which are known to survive) and 16 documentary films during his lifetime.

His movies It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It Happened One Night are often cited among the greatest films ever made.^[1]

The following are the films directed by Frank Capra, along with a listing of his awards.

Year	Film	Award	Winner
1933	Lady for a Day	Outstanding Production	Winfield Sheehan – Cavalcade
		Best Director	Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade
1934	It Happened One Night	Outstanding Production	Y With Harry Cohn
		Best Director	Y
1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Outstanding Production	Hunt Stromberg – The Great Ziegfeld
		Best Director	Y
1937	Lost Horizon	Outstanding Production	Henry Blanke – The Life of Emile Zola
1938	You Can't Take It With You	Outstanding Production	Y
		Best Director	Y
1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Outstanding Production	David O. Selznick – Gone with the Wind
		Best Director	Victor Fleming – Gone with the Wind
1943	Prelude to War	Best Documentary	Y
1944	The Battle of Russia	Best Documentary, Features	Desert Victory
1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Best Motion Picture	Samuel Goldwyn – The Best Years of Our Lives
		Best Director	William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives

American Film Institute

• Life Achievement Award (1982)

Directors Guild of America

• Best Director Nomination for A Hole in the Head (1959)
• Life Achievement Award (1959)
• Best Director Nomination for Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Golden Globe Award

• Best Director Award for It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Venice Film Festival

• Mussolini Cups for best foreign film Nomination for It Happened One Night (1934)
• Mussolini Cups for best foreign film Nomination for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
• Golden Lion (1982)

American Film Institute recognition

• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 20
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 26
  • It Happened One Night...# 46
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 1
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...# 5
  • Meet John Doe...# 49
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 83
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
  • It Happened One Night...# 8
  • Arsenic and Old Lace...# 30
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town...# 70
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
  • It's a Wonderful Life...# 8
  • It Happened One Night...# 38
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains
  • 50 greatest movie heroes
  • It's a Wonderful Life...George Bailey ...# 9
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...Jefferson Smith ...# 11
  • 50 greatest movie villains
  • It's a Wonderful Life...Mister Potter ...# 6
• AFI's 10 Top 10
  • Fantasy
    • It's a Wonderful Life...# 3
  • Romantic Comedies
    • It Happened One Night...# 3

United States National Film Registry

• The Strong Man (1926)
• The Power of the Press (1928)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Lost Horizon (1937)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Why We Fight Series of seven films (1942)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)