Vincente Minnelli

Instruktør

28. februar 1903 — 25. juli 1986 (83 år)
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 og serier på Plex

  • Mød mig i St. Louis
    Mød mig i St. Louis1944
  • Hvedebrødsdage på hjul
    Hvedebrødsdage på hjul1954
  • Fars store gevinst
    Fars store gevinst1951
  • Efter regn kommer sol
    Efter regn kommer sol1946

Kendt for

  • En amerikaner i Paris
    En amerikaner i Paris1951
  • Gigi
    Gigi1958
  • Mød mig i St. Louis
    Mød mig i St. Louis1944
  • Illusionernes by
    Illusionernes by1952
  • Let på tå
    Let på tå1953
  • Brudens far
    Brudens far1950
  • Ziegfeld Follies
    Ziegfeld Follies1945
  • Hvedebrødsdage på hjul
    Hvedebrødsdage på hjul1954
  • Min kone er på krigsstien
    Min kone er på krigsstien1957
  • The Pirate
    The Pirate1948
  • Brigadoon
    Brigadoon1954
  • Blodets bånd
    Blodets bånd1960
  • Fars store gevinst
    Fars store gevinst1951
  • På en smuk dag
    På en smuk dag1970
  • The Clock
    The Clock1945
  • Det ringer, det ringer
    Det ringer, det ringer1960
  • Understrøm
    Understrøm1946
  • Hytten i himlen
    Hytten i himlen1943
  • Thé og sympati
    Thé og sympati1956
  • Far, find dig en kone
    Far, find dig en kone1963

Filmografi

2024
Vincente Minnelli, Movies That Stay with You · as Self (archival Footage)
2024
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend · as Self (archive Footage)
2019
Sid & Judy · as Self
2016
2009
2005
1994
1992
1987
Biography · as Self
1977
1975
1973
The 45th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member
1973
1972
Liza with a Z · as Self - Audience Member
1971
Film · as Self
1970
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member
1962
1961
1959
The 31st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner

1957
The Seventh Sin · as Co-Director
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By · as Co-DirectorPå Plex
1942
Panama Hattie · as Story
1937
Artist and Models · as Stage Director