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 Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worked in the costume department of the Chicago Theater, then on Broadway during the depression as a set designer and costumer, adopting a Latinized version of his father's first name when he was hired as an art-director by Radio City Music Hall. The fall of 1935 saw his directorial debut for a Franz Schubert revue, At Home Abroad. The show was the first of three, in the best Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. spirit, before receiving Arthur Freed's offer to work at MGM. This was his second try at Hollywood -- a short unsuccessful contract at Paramount led nowhere. He stayed at MGM for the next 26 years. After working on numerous Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland vehicles, usually directed by Busby Berkeley, Arthur Freed gave him his first directorial assignment on Cabin in the Sky (1943), a risky screen project with an all-black cast. This was followed by the ambitious period piece Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) whose star Judy Garland he married in 1945. Employing first-class MGM technicians, Minnelli went on directing musicals -- The Band Wagon (1953) - as well as melodramas -- Some Came Running (1958) - and urban comedies like Designing Woman (1957), occasionally even working on two films simultaneously. Minnelli is one of the few directors for whom Technicolor seems to have been invented. Many of his films included in every one of his movies features a dream sequence.
Bio:
Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worked in the costume department of the Chicago Theater, then on Broadway during the depression as a set designer and costumer, adopting a Latinized version of his father's first name when he was hired as an art-director by Radio City Music Hall. The fall of 1935 saw his directorial debut for a Franz Schubert revue, At Home Abroad. The show was the first of three, in the best Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. spirit, before receiving Arthur Freed's offer to work at MGM. This was his second try at Hollywood -- a short unsuccessful contract at Paramount led nowhere. He stayed at MGM for the next 26 years. After working on numerous Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland vehicles, usually directed by Busby Berkeley, Arthur Freed gave him his first directorial assignment on Cabin in the Sky (1943), a risky screen project with an all-black cast. This was followed by the ambitious period piece Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) whose star Judy Garland he married in 1945. Employing first-class MGM technicians, Minnelli went on directing musicals -- The Band Wagon (1953) - as well as melodramas -- Some Came Running (1958) - and urban comedies like Designing Woman (1957), occasionally even working on two films simultaneously. Minnelli is one of the few directors for whom Technicolor seems to have been invented. Many of his films included in every one of his movies features a dream sequence.
Tivia:
Invented the crab dolly, a camera dolly on wheels that can move the camera in any direction.Had 2 daughters: Liza Minnelli (b. March 12, 1946) with 1st ex-wife, Judy Garland & Christiane Nina Minnelli (b. May 20, 1955) with 2nd ex-wife, Georgette Martell.Godparents of his and Judy Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli were Ira Gershwin and Kay Thompson.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 Oscars for their performances.Owns the record at the Radio City Music Hall. 17 of his films played for a record 85 weeks. Although director John Cromwell had 18 films booked into the prestigious house, his films only played a total of 36 weeks.Is portrayed by Hugh Laurie in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).Insisted on using a shade of yellow in the design of his sets that had to be specially mixed. MGM painters began calling it "Minnelli Yellow."Four of his movies were nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs: The Pirate (1948), Father of the Bride (1950), The Long, Long Trailer (1954) and Designing Woman (1957). 'Father of the Bride' made the list at #83.When he was signed to MGM, he was allowed to apprentice for a year on the lot. By the time he started directing, he knew every department at the studio.Was voted the 20th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.Extremely shy, he had an intense dislike of being interviewed, and was usually terse and monosyllabic in his responses, although almost always polite.One of the few Hollywood studio directors who can truly be said to have an unmistakable mise-en-scene. Minnelli was at first a set and costume designer before being allowed to direct by Arthur Freed, head of the MGM musical unit. His visual touch in Technicolor is sometimes garish, some might say close to vulgar, but in his best work (Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)) every visual element is a reflection of his singularly original visual talent.Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967.He has directed six films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Cabin in the Sky (1943), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Band Wagon (1953) and Gigi (1958).Ex-father-in-law of Peter Allen, Jack Haley Jr., Mark Gero and David Gest.He directed two Best Picture Academy Award winners: An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958).His widow was his companion for a long time before their 1980 marriage.Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Triumphant Faith Terraces area.Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 778-787. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 632-633. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.He was the son of Marie ��milie Odile (Lebeau) and Vincent Charles Minnelli. His father was of Italian Sicilian descent on one side, and English and Scottish lineage on the other, and his mother's ancestry was French-Canadian.He and Liza Minnelli are the only father and daughter in films to have worked together,. |
| Name: |
Vincente Minnelli |
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Director,Additional Crew,Music Department (IMDB) |
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All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Director,Additional Crew,Music Department |
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Director,Additional Crew,Music Department |
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Vincente Minnelli profile
| Height: |
5' 9' (1.75 m) |
| Biography: |
Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers\' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worked in the costume department of the Chicago Theater, th |
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Invented the crab dolly, a camera dolly on wheels that can move the camera in any direction.Had 2 daughters: Liza Minnelli (b. March 12, 1946) with 1st ex-wife, Judy Garland & Christiane Nina Minnelli (b. May 20, 1955) with 2nd ex-wife, Georgette Martell.Godparents of his and Judy Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli were Ira Gershwin and Kay Thompson.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 Oscars for their performances.Owns the record at the Radio City Music Hall. 17 of his films played for a record 85 weeks. Although director John Cromwell had 18 films booked into the prestigious house, his films only played a total of 36 weeks.Is portrayed by Hugh Laurie in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).Insisted on using a shade of yellow in the design of his sets that had to be specially mixed. MGM painters began calling it "Minnelli Yellow."Four of his movies were nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs: The Pirate (1948), Father of the Bride (1950), The Long, Long Trailer (1954) and Designing Woman (1957). 'Father of the Bride' made the list at #83.When he was signed to MGM, he was allowed to apprentice for a year on the lot. By the time he started directing, he knew every department at the studio.Was voted the 20th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.Extremely shy, he had an intense dislike of being interviewed, and was usually terse and monosyllabic in his responses, although almost always polite.One of the few Hollywood studio directors who can truly be said to have an unmistakable mise-en-scene. Minnelli was at first a set and costume designer before being allowed to direct by Arthur Freed, head of the MGM musical unit. His visual touch in Technicolor is sometimes garish, some might say close to vulgar, but in his best work (Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)) every visual element is a reflection of his singularly original visual talent.Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967.He has directed six films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Cabin in the Sky (1943), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Band Wagon (1953) and Gigi (1958).Ex-father-in-law of Peter Allen, Jack Haley Jr., Mark Gero and David Gest.He directed two Best Picture Academy Award winners: An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958).His widow was his companion for a long time before their 1980 marriage.Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Triumphant Faith Terraces area.Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 778-787. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 632-633. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.He was the son of Marie ��milie Odile (Lebeau) and Vincent Charles Minnelli. His father was of Italian Sicilian descent on one side, and English and Scottish lineage on the other, and his mother's ancestry was French-Canadian.He and Liza Minnelli are the only father and daughter in films to have worked together,. |
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[on the re-editing of "Two Weeks In Another Town"]: It's painful to talk about the ruin of that film even now.
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But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
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West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.
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But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
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Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man. |
| Job title: |
Director,Additional Crew,Music Department |
| Others works: |
(1930 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
(1930) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jay Gorney and Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Ted Keohler. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino. Dia |
| Spouse: |
Lee Anderson (April 1, 1980 - July 25, 1986) (his death)Denise Hale (January 15, 1962 - August 1, 1971) (divorced)Georgette Martell (February 1, 1954 - January 1, 1958) (divorced, 1 child)Judy Garland ( |
| Children: |
Liza Minnelli |
| Parents: |
Vincent Charles Minnelli
Marie ��milie Odile Lebeau |
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