Vincente Minnelli

Directing·Feb 28, 1903·Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vincente Minnelli: The Movies That Stay With You2024 · Self (archival footage)	Self (archival footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
''S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris2008 · Self (archival footage)	Self (archival footage)
EEaster Parade: On the Avenue2005 · Self (Archive Footage)	Self (Archive Footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic1994 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall1992 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
MMinnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente1987 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
A Matter of Time1976 · Director	Director
AA Tradition of Romance1976 · Himself	Himself
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait1975 · Self	Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli1973 · Self	Self
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970 · Director	Director
The Sandpiper1965 · Director	Director
The Big Sur1965 · Self	Self
Goodbye Charlie1964 · Director	Director
The Courtship of Eddie's Father1963 · Director	Director
Two Weeks in Another Town1962 · Director	Director
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1962 · Director	Director
Bells Are Ringing1960 · Director	Director
Home from the Hill1960 · Director	Director
Some Came Running1958 · Director	Director
The Reluctant Debutante1958 · Director	Director
Gigi1958 · Director	Director
VVan Gogh: Darkness into Light1957 · Self	Self
Designing Woman1957 · Director	Director
Tea and Sympathy1956 · Director	Director
Lust for Life1956 · Director	Director
Kismet1955 · Director	Director
The Cobweb1955 · Director	Director
Brigadoon1954 · Director	Director
The Long, Long Trailer1954 · Director	Director
The Band Wagon1953 · Director	Director
The Story of Three Loves1953 · Director	Director
The Bad and the Beautiful1952 · Director	Director
An American in Paris1951 · Director	Director
Father's Little Dividend1951 · Director	Director
Father of the Bride1950 · Director	Director
Madame Bovary1949 · Director	Director
The Pirate1948 · Director	Director
Undercurrent1946 · Director	Director
Yolanda and the Thief1945 · Director	Director
Ziegfeld Follies1945 · Director	Director
The Clock1945 · Director	Director
Meet Me in St. Louis1944 · Director	Director
I Dood It1943 · Director	Director
Cabin in the Sky1943 · Director	Director