Vincente Minnelli

1903-1986

Biography: life and films

Vincente Minnelli was an American film director whose birth name was Lester Anthony Minnelli. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 28th February 1903 and died in Beverly Hills, California, USA on 25th July 1986, aged 83.

His best films as a film director include Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Clock (1945), An American in Paris (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Tea and Sympathy (1956).

Vincente Minnelli directed 39 films and scripted 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: comedy (17 films), drama (15), comedy-romance (15), romance (8), Fantasy (5), Thriller (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Vincente Minnelli over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer

Panama Hattie (1942) [d,w]

Cabin in the Sky (1943) [d]

I Dood It (1943) [d]

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) [d]

The Heavenly Body (1944) [d]

The Clock (1945) [d]

Yolanda and the Thief (1945) [d]

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) [d]

Undercurrent (1946) [d]

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) [d]

The Pirate (1948) [d]

Madame Bovary (1949) [d]

Father of the Bride (1950) [d]

An American in Paris (1951) [d]

Father's Little Dividend (1951) [d]

Lovely to Look at (1952) [d]

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) [d]

The Band Wagon (1953) [d]

The Long, Long Trailer (1953) [d]

The Story of Three Loves (1953) [d]

Brigadoon (1954) [d]

Kismet (1955) [d]

The Cobweb (1955) [d]

Lust for Life (1956) [d]

Tea and Sympathy (1956) [d]

Designing Woman (1957) [d]

The Seventh Sin (1957) [d]

Gigi (1958) [d]

Some Came Running (1958) [d]

The Reluctant Debutante (1958) [d]

Bells Are Ringing (1960) [d]

Home from the Hill (1960) [d]

The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) [d]

Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) [d]

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) [d]

Goodbye Charlie (1964) [d]

The Sandpiper (1965) [d]

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) [d]

A Matter of Time (1976) [d]



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