The production space includes areas for set decoration, storage, mills, offices, catering, basecamp, hair/makeup, and wardrobe, totaling 192,000 square feet of stage space, 60,500 square feet of office space, and 82,000 square feet of support space. In EUE/Screen Gems’ largest expansion to date, the new spaces will bring the 35-acre Atlanta campus to 335,000 square feet of production space across 12 sound stages. He leaves his wife Debra Capra and a daughter Christina both of Santa Barbara, CA, two sons, Frank Capra III of Los Angeles, CA and Jonathan Capra of Wilmington as well as one granddaughter.JEUE/Screen Gems Atlanta Studios Expansion Adds 90,000-Square-Feet of SpaceĪTLANTA (June 8, 2022) - An expansion underway at EUE/Screen Gems Studios’ Atlanta campus will add 60,000 square feet of first-class production soundstage space including an additional 15,000 square feet of production office space and 15,000 square feet of mill/support space. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington honored him this past January as the 2007 Citizen of the Year. He was a member of the North Carolina Governor's Film Council, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science and the Director's Guild of America of which his father was a founding member. In 1995 he was the Grand Marshall of the North Carolina Azalea Festival held each year in Wilmington. was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He enlisted in the Army's Signal Corps and taught soldiers combat motion picture photography.Ĭapra, Jr. He studied at The California Institute of Technology and graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, with a degree in geology. was one of three children born to the director Frank Capra and Lucille Rayburn Warner Capra of Los Angeles, CA. With the ownership of the facility by the Cooney family, along with the leadership of Capra, Jr., EUE Screen Gems Studios and Wilmington have become the largest film production center east of California.įrank Capra, Jr. His dedicated service to the community benefited the greater Wilmington area as well as the film industry." "He had a smile that lit up a room every time you saw him," said Bill Vassar, long time Executive Vice President of EUE Screen Gems Studios," He was well known for his generous spirit. "With his Hollywood pedigree and extensive experience as a producer, Frank was the perfect ambassador to Hollywood," said Chris Cooney, Chief Operating Officer of EUE Screen Gems LTD, "He will be missed as a friend and a colleague." They brought Frank back to the city he loved and named him President of EUE Screen Gems Studios.
became a fixture in Wilmington when the Cooney family purchased the facility in 1997.
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He was a producer of early television series including "Gunsmoke", "The Rifleman", "Hazel" and "Dennis the Menace." In addition, he served as President of Avco-Embassy Pictures in the 1970's.įrank Capra Jr. He produced three "Planet of the Ape" sequels and was the associate director for "Pocketful of Miracles" working alongside his father, legendary director Frank Capra. He was a part of the producing team for "Play It Again Sam", a Woody Allen picture. Capra, Jr., was involved with a wide range of projects over his five decades in the film business.
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