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FILM DIRECTOR

Vincente Minnelli

1903 - 1986

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Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. For a career nearly spanning almost five decades, he is best known for his sophisticated innovation and artistry in musical films. As of 2024, six of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.Minnelli made his stage debut as an actor in a production of East Lynne, staged by the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater (co-founded by his father and paternal uncle). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincente Minnelli has received more than 5,278,213 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincente Minnelli is the 188th most popular film director (down from 107th in 2019), the 1,204th most popular biography from United States (down from 695th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Film Director.

Vincente Minnelli is most famous for directing the film "An American in Paris" (1951) and the musicals "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) and "Gigi" (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vincente Minnelli ranks 188 out of 1,581Before him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Francesco Rosi, Giuseppe Tornatore, James Ivory, Michael Cacoyannis, and Ivan Reitman. After him are Stanley Kramer, Nicholas Ray, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael Moore, and Lewis Milestone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Vincente Minnelli ranks 57Before him are John Vincent Atanasoff, Claudette Colbert, Haldan Keffer Hartline, George Davis Snell, Irving Stone, and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders. After him are Waldemar Hoven, Erskine Caldwell, Giulio Natta, Raymond Radiguet, Maria Reiche, and Aleksei N. Leontiev. Among people deceased in 1986, Vincente Minnelli ranks 39Before him are Leonid Kantorovich, Samora Machel, Stanley Rous, Lê Duẩn, James Cagney, and Robert S. Mulliken. After him are Otto Preminger, Dean Reed, Michel de Certeau, Erik Bruhn, Adolfo Celi, and Serge Lifar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincente Minnelli ranks 1,204 out of 18,182Before him are Paul Krugman (1953), Avery Brundage (1887), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Pete Seeger (1919), and J. K. Simmons (1955). After him are Stanley Kramer (1913), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Harry Harlow (1905), Idina Menzel (1971), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), and Bruce Dern (1936).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Vincente Minnelli ranks 50Before him are William Friedkin (1935), Jonathan Demme (1944), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Robert Aldrich (1918), Don Siegel (1912), and James Ivory (1928). After him are Stanley Kramer (1913), Nicholas Ray (1911), Michael Moore (1954), Richard Donner (1930), Alan J. Pakula (1928), and Chris Columbus (1958).

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