---
name: "Frank Coraci"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-coraci"
fi1m_id: "frank-coraci"
imdb_id: "nm0178997"
tmdb_id: 57370
wikidata_id: "Q547811"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 February 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T07:07:27.205188+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 Coraci

## Identity

Frank Coraci

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-coraci
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-coraci
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178997
- **TMDB ID:** 57370
- **Wikidata ID:** Q547811
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Coraci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57370

Director. Born 3 February 1966 in New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 February 1966, New York, USA
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Sandler](https://film.one/person/adam-sandler.md), [Jack Giarraputo](https://film.one/person/jack-giarraputo.md), [Robert Simonds](https://film.one/person/robert-simonds.md), [Tim Herlihy](https://film.one/person/tim-herlihy.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Coraci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57370

## Biography

Frank Coraci is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born on 3 February 1966 in Shirley, New York, and graduated from William Floyd High School in 1984. He earned a BFA in film from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988.

Coraci is best known for his collaborations with Adam Sandler. He directed *The Wedding Singer* (1998), *The Waterboy* (1998) and *Click* (2006). He has also directed several of Sandler's music videos.

His other feature films include *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004), *Zookeeper* (2011), *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), *Blended* (2014) and *The Ridiculous 6* (2015).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Happy Gilmore 2* (2025), as 1950's Mobster
- *The Voice of Dust and Ash* (2022), Producer
- *Hot Air* (2018), Director, Producer
- *Sandy Wexler* (2017), as Mustachioed Referee
- *Graves* (2016), series, Director
- *The Ridiculous 6* (2015), Director
- *Blended* (2014), Director
- *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Disoriented Gym Patron · Director
- *Zookeeper* (2011), Director
- *Click* (2006), as Male Nurse · Director
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004), as Angry Dapper Pedestrian · Director
- *The Waterboy* (1998), as Roberto · Director
- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)
- *Murdered Innocence* (1996), as Wacko on bus · Writer, Director
- *Verona Spies*, Executive Producer, Director
- *Lost Weekend*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Frank Coraci and Kate Beckinsale in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-1b5a54c4eafa.jpg) Frank Coraci and Kate Beckinsale in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2005) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale.jpg/1280px-Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frank Coraci and Kate Beckinsale in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-4dd8269a7e28.jpg) Frank Coraci and Kate Beckinsale in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2009) — Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale.jpg: Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain
derivative work: Tm (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale_cropped.jpg/1280px-Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frank Coraci](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-a0c83e28f674.jpg) Frank Coraci — Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale.jpg: Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain
derivative work: Tm (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Frank_Coraci_and_Kate_Beckinsale_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kate Beckinsale, Adam Sandler and David Hasselhoff in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-a077cfd35cc8.jpg) Kate Beckinsale, Adam Sandler and David Hasselhoff in San Sebastian International Film Festival. (2005) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Kate_Beckinsale%2C_Adam_Sandler_and_David_Hasselhoff.jpg/1280px-Kate_Beckinsale%2C_Adam_Sandler_and_David_Hasselhoff.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frank Coraci](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-ff0b9233c8e2.jpg) Frank Coraci — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Coraci](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-4063e50b8b7c.jpg) Frank Coraci — Image via TMDB
- ![Frank Coraci](https://film.one/media/person/3432531/gallery-e248f50ee786.jpg) Frank Coraci — Image via TMDB

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