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Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli, born in Chicago, was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Gigi (1958), The Band Wagon (1953), and An American in Paris (1951). An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for Gigi. In addition to having directed some of the most famous and well-remembered musicals of his time, Minnelli made many comedies and melodramas. He was married to Judy Garland from 1945 until 1951; they were the parents of Liza Minnelli. With his background in theater, Minnelli was known as an auteur who always brought his stage experience to his films. The first film that he directed, Cabin in the Sky (1943), was visibly influenced by the theater. Shortly after that, he directed I Dood It with Red Skelton and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), during which he fell in love with the film's star, Judy Garland. They had first met on the set of Strike Up the Band (1940), a Busby Berkeley film for which Minnelli was asked to design a musical sequence performed by Garland and Mickey Rooney. They began a courtship that eventually led to their marriage in June 1945. Their one child together, Liza Minnelli, grew up to become an Academy Award-winning singer and actress. The Minnelli family is thus unique in that father, mother and child all won Oscars. Widely known for directing musicals, including An American in Paris (1951), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), and Gigi (1958), he also directed comedies and melodramas, including Madame Bovary (1949), Father of the Bride (1950), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Lust for Life (1956), Designing Woman (1957), and The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963). His last film was A Matter of Time (1976). During the course of his career he directed seven different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Spencer Tracy, Gloria Grahame, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley MacLaine and Martha Hyer. Grahame and Quinn won. Minnelli received an Oscar nomination as Best Director for An American in Paris (1951) and later won the Best Director Oscar for Gigi (1958). According to Peter Bart in his book The Gross, Minnelli's films having 11 first-place finishes on Variety's opening release box office rankings. On February 8, 1960, Minnelli received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry at 6676 Hollywood Boulevard. He died in Beverly Hills, California.

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  • An American in Paris

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    614 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 26, 1951
    75 years ago
  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    407 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 28, 1944
    82 years ago
  • Gigi

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.2
    331 votes
    Release Date
    May 15, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Bad and the Beautiful

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.3
    274 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 25, 1952
    74 years ago
  • The Band Wagon

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.1
    223 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1953
    73 years ago
  • Father of the Bride

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.0
    217 votes
    Release Date
    May 18, 1950
    76 years ago
  • Lust for Life

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.2
    201 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 15, 1956
    70 years ago
  • Brigadoon

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    163 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 08, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Some Came Running

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.9
    139 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 25, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Pirate

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.4
    102 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 11, 1948
    78 years ago
  • Designing Woman

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    76 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Father's Little Dividend

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.4
    65 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 05, 1951
    76 years ago
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.7
    61 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 17, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Home from the Hill

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.8
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 03, 1960
    67 years ago
  • Two Weeks in Another Town

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.9
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 17, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Ziegfeld Follies

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.0
    55 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 26, 1945
    81 years ago
  • Madame Bovary

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.7
    55 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 25, 1949
    77 years ago
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.9
    55 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 07, 1962
    65 years ago
  • The Long, Long Trailer

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.9
    53 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 19, 1954
    73 years ago
  • Tea and Sympathy

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.9
    52 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 27, 1956
    70 years ago
  • The Sandpiper

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.3
    52 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 23, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Undercurrent

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.9
    50 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1946
    80 years ago
  • The Clock

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    7.2
    49 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1945
    82 years ago
  • Bells Are Ringing

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.3
    47 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 23, 1960
    66 years ago
  • Cabin in the Sky

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.5
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 24, 1943
    84 years ago
  • The Reluctant Debutante

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    6.6
    39 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 14, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.9
    36 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 27, 1963
    63 years ago
  • The Cobweb

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.6
    33 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 07, 1955
    71 years ago
  • Goodbye Charlie

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.8
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 18, 1964
    62 years ago
  • Till the Clouds Roll By

    Department Directing

    Job Co-Director

    Average Rating
    5.7
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 05, 1946
    80 years ago
  • The Story of Three Loves

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.8
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 26, 1953
    74 years ago
  • Kismet

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.3
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 08, 1955
    71 years ago
  • A Matter of Time

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    4.8
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 07, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Yolanda and the Thief

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    5.7
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 22, 1945
    81 years ago
  • The Seventh Sin

    Department Directing

    Job Co-Director

    Average Rating
    4.8
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 28, 1957
    69 years ago
  • I Dood It

    Department Directing

    Job Director

    Average Rating
    3.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1943
    83 years ago
  • Panama Hattie

    Department Writing

    Job Story

    Average Rating
    4.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1942
    84 years ago
  • Panama Hattie

    Department Crew

    Job Choreographer

    Average Rating
    4.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1942
    84 years ago
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