Vincente Minnelli
Director
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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.
Detrás de Cámaras
Gigi
Director
Sinfonía de París
Director
Cautivos del mal
Director
La rueda de la fortuna
Director
Father of the Bride
Director
Brigadoon
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Sed De Vivir
Director
Brindis al amor
Director
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Director
The Pirate
Director
Till the Clouds Roll By
Co-Director
En un día claro se ve hasta siempre
Director
Kismet
Director
Pasiones sin freno
Director
The Sandpiper
Director
Undercurrent
Director
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Director
The Long, Long Trailer
Director
Designios de mujer
Director
Herencia de la carne
Director
Tea and Sympathy
Director
Nuevas Follies de Ziegfeld
Director
Dios sabe cuanto amé
Director
El padre es abuelo
Director
Campanas del destino
Director
Dos semanas en otra ciudad
Director
La seductora
Director
The Story of Three Loves
Director
Panama Hattie
Historia, Choreographer
Yolanda y el ladrón
Director
Como Actor/Actriz
Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Self
The Big Sur
Self
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
Self (archive footage)
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Self (archive footage)
Vincente Minnelli, des films pour l’éternité
Self (archival footage)