An American in Paris

Vincente Minnelli

19511h 53mEnglish

Music Romance Comedy

Accolades

6Oscar

Wins

1Golden Globe

Win

1Cannes

Nomination

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Synopsis

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

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Details

Genres

MusicRomanceComedy

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Awards & Recognition

Awards Dominance

7

Wins

12

Nominations

6 Oscar · 1 Golden Globe

Won

Art Direction (Color) · Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Best Motion Picture · Arthur Freed, Producer
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Cinematography (Color) · Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
Costume Design (Color) · Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) · Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
Writing (Story and Screenplay) · Alan Jay Lerner

Full award breakdown

1952

Academy Awards

6Wins

8Noms

◆ Won

Art Direction (Color)

Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason

1952

◆ Won

Best Motion Picture

Arthur Freed, Producer

1952

◆ Won

Cinematography (Color)

Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton

1952

◆ Won

Costume Design (Color)

Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff

1952

◆ Won

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin

1952

◆ Won

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

Alan Jay Lerner

1952

Nom

Directing

Vincente Minnelli

1952

Nom

Film Editing

Adrienne Fazan

1952

1952

Golden Globes

1Wins

3Noms

◆ Won

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

An American In Paris

1952

Nom

Best Director - Motion Picture

Vincente Minnelli

1952

Nom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Gene Kelly

1952

1952

Cannes Film Festival

0Wins

1Noms

Nom

In Competition - Feature films

Vincente MINNELLI

1952

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Cast

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Jerry Mulligan

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Lise Bouvier

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Adam Cook

Georges Guétary

Georges Guétary

Henri Baurel

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Milo Roberts

Robert Ames

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Joan Anderson

Child in Ballet (uncredited)

Larry Arnold

Frenchman (uncredited)

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