Chanel Capra was born and raised in New York City. When she was 13, her
brother Francis Capra was cast in
In den Straßen der Bronx (1993) and her family
became involved in the film industry. In New York, she interned at The
Shooting Gallery (while hoping to attend NYU's film school), but when
her family, her mother Ann Marie Capra and her siblings, relocated to
Los Angeles for her brother's career, she instead attended a screen
writing program at the Writer's Boot Camp.
