Editing Frank Capra (section)

==Awards and honors==

The ''[[Why We Fight]]'' series earned Capra the Legion of Merit in 1943 and the Distinguished Service Medal in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lt-col-frank-capra-receives-the-legion-of-merit-the-hollywood-movie-78824635.html|title=Stock Photo&nbsp; Lt. Col. Frank Capra, receives the Legion of Merit. The Hollywood movie director was chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps motion |publisher=Alamy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://marshallfoundation.org/blog/marshall-frank-capra-film/|title=Marshall, Frank Capra & Film&nbsp;– George C. Marshall Foundation|date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>

In 1957, Capra was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by [[George Eastman Museum|George Eastman House]] for distinguished contribution to the art of film.<ref>[http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php "Awards granted by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415183637/http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php |date=April 15, 2012}}, [[George Eastman Museum|eastmanhouse.org]]; retrieved April 30, 2012.</ref>

Los Angeles Mayor [[Sam Yorty]], by a vote of the city council, declared May 12, 1962 as "Frank Capra Day". [[George Sidney]], President of the Directors Guild stated that "This is the first time in the history of Hollywood, that the city of Los Angeles has officially recognized a creative talent." At the event ceremony, director [[John Ford]] announced that Capra had also received an honorary [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) on the recommendation of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name="Capra 1971 p. 488">Capra 1971, p. 488.</ref> Ford suggested publicly to Capra:

{{Blockquote | style=font-size: 100%; | Make those human comedy-dramas, the kind only you can make—the kind of films America is proud to show here, behind the [[Iron Curtain]], the [[Bamboo Curtain]]—and behind the [[lace curtain and shanty Irish|lace curtain]].<ref name="Capra 1971 p. 488" />}}

In 1966, Capra was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater Caltech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51d72b41e4b0f798b53a3cae/t/58e682bd893fc027dc7b4758/1491501873586/DAA+Recipient+List+Alpha+2017.pdf|title=Caltech : Distinguished Alumni Awards|website=Static1.squarespace.com|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> (see section "Early Life", supra)

In 1972, Capra received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement  |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

In 1974, Capra was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]].<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>

In 1975, Capra was awarded the Golden Anchor Award by the U.S. Naval Reserve's Combat Camera Group for his contribution to World War II Naval photography and production of the "Why We Fight" series. The award ceremony included a video salute by President Ford. Attending were many of Capra's favorite actors including Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Pat O'Brien, Jean Arthur, and others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Gerald R. |date=November 13, 1975 |title=Video Taped Salute to Frank Capra |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0122/1252586.pdf |archive-format= |publisher=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library}}</ref>

An annual ''It's a Wonderful Life'' celebration that Capra attended in 1981, during which he said, "This is one of the proudest moments of my life," was recounted in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>"Talk of the Town." ''The New Yorker'', January 12, 1981, pp. 29–31.</ref>

He was nominated six times for Best Director and seven times for Outstanding Production/Best Picture. Out of six nominations for Best Director, Capra received the award three times. He briefly held the record for winning the most Best Director Oscars when he won for the third time in 1938, until this record was matched by [[John Ford]] in 1941, and then later surpassed by Ford in 1952. [[William Wyler]] also matched this record upon winning his third Oscar in 1959.<ref name="Frank Capra">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008/awards|title=Frank Capra|website=IMDb|access-date=April 20, 2017}}{{RS|date=April 2025}}</ref>

The [[Academy Film Archive]] has preserved two of Capra's films, ''[[The Matinee Idol (1928 film)|The Matinee Idol]]'' (1928) and ''[[Two Down and One to Go]]'' (1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=frank+capra&category=All&collection=All|title=Preserved Projects|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

===Academy Awards===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:40px;"|Year
! style="width:300px;"|Film
! style="width:300px;"|Category
! style="width:100px;"|Result
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Lady for a Day]]''
| rowspan=5|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1935
| ''[[It Happened One Night]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|1936
| ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1938
| ''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|1939
| ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Prelude to War]]''
| [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1944
| ''[[The Battle of Russia]]''
| [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1946
| ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
|Best Director
| {{nom}}
|}

===Other awards===

;American Film Institute
* [[AFI Life Achievement Award|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
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]] Award for ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1946)

;Venice Film Festival
* [[Venice Film Festival#Past awards|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 for Lifetime Achievement]] (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 (film)|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 & Villains]]
** 50 greatest movie heroes
** ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' ... [[George Bailey (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]]'' ... [[Mr. 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 film)|Lost Horizon]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Why We Fight]]'' series of seven films (1942–1945)
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' (1946)