Complete List of Oscar Nominations and Awards for Minnelli’s pictures. For the convenience of the readers, we have arranged them alphabetically.
1. An American in Paris
8 nominations
6 awards
Awards:
Picture, Arthur Freed, producer
Story and Screenplay, Alan Jay Lerner
Color Cinem, Alfred Gilks and John Alton
Color art dir-set dec, Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh
Gleason
Scoring of Musical, Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
Color costume design, Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, and Irene Sharaff
Nominations:
Director: V. Minnelli
Editing: Adrienne Fazan
2. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Oscar Nominations: 6 nominations
Oscar Awards: 5
Awards:
Supporting actress, Gloria Grahame
Screenplay, Charles Schnee
Cinematography (b/w): Robert Surtees
Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason
Costume design (b/w), Helen Rose
Nominations
Actor, Kirk Douglas
3. The Band Wagon
Oscar Nominations: 3
Story and Screenplay: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Scoring of a Musical Picture: Adolphe Deutsch
Costume Design (color): Mary Ann Nyberg
- Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Oscar Nomination: 1
Scoring of a Musical Picture: Andre Previn
- Brigadoon (1954)
Oscar Nominations: 3
Art Direction-Set Decoration : Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason
Sound Recording: Wesley C. Miller
Costume Design (Color): Irene Sharaff
- Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Oscar Nominations: 1
Song: Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
- Designing Woman (1957)
Oscar Award: 1
Story and Screenplay (Original): George Wells
- Father of the Bride (1950)
Oscar Nominations: 3
Picture, produced by Pandro Berman
Screenplay: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Actor: Spencer Tracy
9. Gigi (1958)
Oscar Awards: 9
Picture, produced by Arthur Freed
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay (Adapted): Alan Jay Lerner
Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Art Direction-Set Decoration: William A. Horning and Preston Ames; Henry Grace and Keogh Gleason
Film Editing: Adrienne Fazan
Costume Design: Cecil Beaton
Scoring of a Musical: Andre Previn
Song: “Gigi,” music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
“Gigi” became the first Oscar-winning film to win awards in each of its 9 categories (hence they are not listed here).
10. Kismet (1944)
Oscar Nominations: 4
Cinematography (color): Charles Rosher
Interior Decoration: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle, set decoration
Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer
Scoring of Dramatic or Comedic Picture: Herbert Stothart
11. Lust for Life
Oscar Nominations: 4
Actor: Kirk Douglas
Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn
Screenplay (Adapted): Norman Corwin
Art Direction-Set Decoartion: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, and Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
Award: 1
Anthony Quinn
- Madame Bovary (1949)
Oscar Nominations: 1
Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith; Edwin B. Willis and Richard A. Pefferle
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Oscar Nominations: 4
Screenplay: Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe
Cinematography (color): George Folsey
Song: “The Trolley Song,” music and lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Scoring of a Musical Picture: Georgie Stoll
- The Pirate (1948)
Oscar Nominations: 1
Scoring of a Musical Picture: Lennie Hayton
15. The Sandpiper (1965)
Oscar Award: 1
Song: “The Shadow of Your Smile,” music by Johnny Mandel, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
16. Some Came Running (1958)
Oscar Nominations: 5
Actress: Shirley MacLaine
Supporting Actor: Arthur Kennedy
Supporting Actress: Martha Hyer
Costume Design: Walter Plunkett
Song: “To Love and Be Loved,” music by James Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn
17. The Story of Three Loves
Oscar Nominations: 1
Art Direction-Set Decoration: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, and Gabriel Scognamillo; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, and Jack D. Moore.
