Vincente Minnelli

VINCENTE MINNELLI d1986. American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals ; Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) / An American in Paris (1951) / The Band Wagon (1953) and Gigi (1958). 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 best known musicals of his day, he made many comedies and melodramas. He was married to Judy Garland from 1945 until 1951 ; the couple were the parents of Liza Minnelli