Frank Capra (1897 – 1991)

Italian-American film director, producer and writer

Served as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, worked alongside the Screenwriters Guild, and was head of the Directors Guild of America.

Films of note: Lady For A Day (1933), It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Prelude to War (1942), The Battle of Russia (1943), It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)