Born in Chicago in 1903 and died in 1986, Vincente Minnelli began as a window dresser and designer for Broadway before joining MGM's musical unit under Arthur Freed. He directed the studio's richest musicals, notably Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958), which won nine Oscars, and brought a painter's eye for colour and design. He also made melodramas, including The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life. He was married to Judy Garland and was the father of Liza Minnelli.
Filmography
- Cabin in the Sky (1943)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- The Clock (1945)
- Madame Bovary (1949) (1949)
- Father of the Bride (1950)
- An American in Paris (1951)
- The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Brigadoon (1954)
- The Cobweb (1955)
- Lust for Life (1956)
- Tea and Sympathy (1956)
- Gigi (1958)
- Some Came Running (1958)
- Home from the Hill (1960)
- Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)