LeRoy Prinz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 14, 1895
- Place of birth
- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Died
- September 15, 1983
Biography
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LeRoy Jerome Prinz (July 14, 1895 – September 15, 1983) was an American choreographer, director and producer, who was involved in the production of dozens of motion pictures, mainly for Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, from 1929 through 1958, and also choreographed Broadway musicals. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction in the 1930s, and won the Golden Globe in 1958.
Among the films whose dances he choreographed were Show Boat (1936), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Rhapsody in Blue (1945), and South Pacific (1958).
Prinz was married three times and had a son, LeRoy Prinz, Jr.
Movies with LeRoy Prinz
- Show Boat 1936 · ★ 6.7
- Hollywood Canteen 1944 · ★ 7.3
- Starlift 1951 · ★ 6.6
Movies directed by LeRoy Prinz
- A Boy and His Dog 1946 · ★ 5.9
- All-American Co-Ed 1941 · ★ 4.3
- Fiesta 1941 · ★ 6.0
- Vaudeville Days 1942 · ★ 4.2
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1944 · ★ 5.5
- Musical Movieland 1944 · ★ 6.7
- The Road to Victory 1944 · ★ 6.7
- The Shining Future 1944 · ★ 4.0
- Invisible Diplomats 1965 · ★ 8.0
- Anatomy of an Accident 1961 · ★ 8.0
- Tom, Dick and Harriet 1960