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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.

Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli Biography / Wiki

NameVincente Minnelli
Also KnowLester Anthony Minnelli
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth1903-02-28
Age(as in 2022)83
Deathday1986-07-25

Vincente Minnelli Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973-01-01
Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers VincenteHimself (archive footage)1987-03-17Tribute to film director Vincente Minnelli by his daughter Liza….
The Big SurSelf1965-05-01This MGM short film narrated by Richard Burton promotes it’s upcoming major release The Sandpiper (1965) starring Burton and his then wife Elizabeth T…
Van Gogh: Darkness into LightHimself1957-09-17
Liza Minnelli – Live from Radio City Music HallSelf (archive footage)1992-12-06Liza’s dynamic show made history by breaking the box-office record for Radio City. A true superstar, this all-new extravaganza stars Liza and a host o…
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American ClassicHimself (archive footage)1994-01-01Documentary about the making of “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944)….
‘S Wonderful: Creating An American in ParisSelf (archival footage)2008-09-16This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin’s original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot, …
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate PortraitHimself1975-02-27Vintage 1975 documentary about the life of movie queen Elizabeth Taylor hosted by Peter Lawford, and featuring appearances by actors Roddy McDowall an…
Judy Garland: By MyselfHimself2004-02-25As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland’s story is one of the saddest success stories you’ll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre…

Vincente Minnelli Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Meet Me in St. LouisDirector1944-11-28In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move…
An American in ParisDirector1951-09-26Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist …
KismetDirector1955-10-08A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir’s harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph….
Father of the BrideDirector1950-05-18Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself,…
Father’s Little DividendDirector1951-04-05In this sequel to Father of the Bride, newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father havin…
The Long, Long TrailerDirector1954-02-19A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage…
The Bad and the BeautifulDirector1952-12-25Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of vari…
Designing WomanDirector1957-05-16A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the othe…
The PirateDirector1948-06-11A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and …
The Band WagonDirector1953-08-07A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop….
Lust for LifeDirector1956-09-15An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustr…
The Courtship of Eddie’s FatherDirector1963-03-27Although he’s only seven, Eddie’s got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, s…
Bells Are RingingDirector1960-06-23Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others’ lives and adds some interest to…
Ziegfeld FolliesDirector1945-08-26The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style….
Yolanda and the ThiefDirector1945-11-22Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to he…
UndercurrentDirector1946-11-11After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant…
Two Weeks in Another TownDirector1962-08-17After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and profess…
On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverDirector1970-06-17Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities….
Tea and SympathyDirector1956-09-27Tom Lee is more interested in the arts than in sports, something that sits uneasily with both his father and his classmates. Tom’s school housemaster …
Madame BovaryDirector1949-08-25Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After marrying smal…
Some Came RunningDirector1958-12-25Hard-drinking novelist Dave Hirsh returns home after being gone for years. His brother wants Dave to settle down and introduces him to English teacher…
The Reluctant DebutanteDirector1958-08-14Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent, welcome to London Jimmy’s 17-year-old daughter, Jane. Jane is from Jimmy’s first marriage to an American and has come to v…
GigiDirector1958-05-15A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who’s gone f…
BrigadoonDirector1954-09-08Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village – Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order…
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseDirector1962-02-07Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marce…
Goodbye CharlieDirector1964-11-18When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a b…
The ClockDirector1945-05-25A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City….
The CobwebDirector1955-06-07Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems….
The SandpiperDirector1965-06-23A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California….
A Matter of TimeDirector1976-10-07During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a youn…
Cabin in the SkyDirector1943-04-09When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for si…
Home from the HillDirector1960-03-03Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hann…
The Story of Three LovesDirector1953-03-26Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves….
I Dood ItDirector1943-09-01Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Jo…
The Seventh SinDirector1957-06-28In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: tra…
Till the Clouds Roll ByDirector1946-12-05Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists,…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Panama HattieStory1942-09-30Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie’s nightclub in the Canal Zone….

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Panama HattieChoreographer1942-09-30Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie’s nightclub in the Canal Zone….

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