---
name: "Frank Cappello"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-a-cappello"
fi1m_id: "frank-a-cappello"
imdb_id: "nm0135141"
tmdb_id: 10948
wikidata_id: "Q5485667"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:01:13.836282+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frank Cappello

## Identity

Frank Cappello

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-a-cappello
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-a-cappello
- **IMDb ID:** nm0135141
- **TMDB ID:** 10948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5485667
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cappello, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5485667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10948

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, United States
- **Also known as:** Frank A. Cappello, Frank A. Capello
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cappello, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5485667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10948

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Constantine*](https://film.one/film/constantine.md) (62)

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## Biography

Frank A. Cappello is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Cappello wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film *Constantine*. He also wrote, directed and produced *He Was a Quiet Man* (2007). His other credits as writer include *Suburban Commando* (1991) and *No Way Back* (1995), while as director they include *American Yakuza* (1993).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Constantine* (2005), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/constantine.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Womb* (2024), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Steele Wool* (2019), as Tony Steele · Writer, Director
- *He Was a Quiet Man* (2007), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Constantine* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/constantine.md)
- *No Way Back* (1995), Director, Writer
- *American Yakuza* (1993), Director
- *Suburban Commando* (1991), Screenplay
- *Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam* (1985), Visual Effects

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