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Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.

Awards

Frank Capra

12 wins & 12 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • It's a Wonderful Life
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    1940 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
    1939 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • You Can't Take It with You
  • Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
    1937 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)
    1935 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • It Happened One Night

American Film Institute, USA

  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1982 Winner Life Achievement Award

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Bette Davis, Peter Falk, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Thomas Mitchell, and Arthur O'Connell in Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
    1962 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Pocketful of Miracles
  • Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, Carolyn Jones, Eleanor Parker, and Thelma Ritter in A Hole in the Head (1959)
    1960 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • A Hole in the Head
  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1959 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1941 Winner DGA Honorary Life Member Award

Golden Globes, USA

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1947 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • It's a Wonderful Life

Laurel Awards

  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1962 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Top Producer/Director
    7th place.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    1946 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • It's a Wonderful Life
    Tied with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for A Matter of Life and Death (1946).
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
    1938 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • You Can't Take It with You
    Tied with John Cromwell for Algiers (1938), Michael Curtiz for Four Daughters (1938), Julien Duvivier for The Great Waltz (1938) and Garson Kanin for A Man to Remember (1938).

PGA Awards

  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)
    2001 Winner PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures
    • It Happened One Night
    Shared with: Harry Cohn

Venice Film Festival

  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1982 Winner Career Golden Lion
  • Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
    1936 Winner Special Recommendation
    • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
    1936 Nominee Mussolini Cup
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter in Broadway Bill (1934)
    1935 Nominee Mussolini Cup
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Broadway Bill
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)
    1934 Nominee Mussolini Cup
    • Best Foreign Film
    • It Happened One Night

Walk of Fame

  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 8 February 1960. At 6614 Hollywood Blvd.

Online Film & Television Association

  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    2001 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative

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