Frank Capra, Jr.
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Frank Capra, Jr. (Born March 20, 1934) is an American movie studio executive and one of the three children of the late film director Frank Capra and his second wife Lou Capra.
He is president of EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina. Like his father and other family members (son Frank Capra III), Capra Jr entered into show business. He was a producer of various TV movies and motion pictures mostly in the 1970s and 1980s.
As of January 2006, Capra is working on a billion-dollar project to build a film studio and tourist attraction in Southeastern Connecticut.
[edit] Filmography
- Mark Twain's Greatest Adventure: 'It's a Matter of Time' (2005) (pre-production) (producer)
- Queen City Blowout (2003) (executive producer)
- Waterproof (1999) (producer)
- Death Before Dishonor (1987) (executive producer)
- Marie (1985) (producer)
- Firestarter (1984) (producer)
- The Seduction (1982) (executive producer)
- Vice Squad (1982) (executive producer)
- High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981) (TV) (producer)
- An Eye for an Eye (1981) (producer)
- The Black Marble (1980) (producer)
- Born Again (1978) (producer)
- Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) (producer)
- Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974) (TV) (producer)
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) (associate producer)
- Tom Sawyer (1973/I) (associate producer)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) (associate producer)
- Play It Again, Sam (1972) (associate producer)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) (associate producer)
- Marooned (1969) (associate producer)
