Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Caprawas 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. Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags-to-riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the "American dream personified."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 May 1897
CountryUnited States of America
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A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
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There are no rules in filmmaking
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There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
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I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.
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Automatic simply means that you can?t repair it yourself.
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The best pictures are yet to be made.
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