Frank Capra is a three-time Best Director winner, having won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1934, 1936, and 1938. He is best known for his films It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and You Can't Take It with You (1938). He was also nominated for Best Director for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Capra was one of the most influential filmmakers of the 1930s and 1940s, and his films are often seen as classic examples of American cinema.