LeRoy Prinz

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1895-07-14

Deathday 1983-09-15 (88 years old)

Place of Birth St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Le Roy Prinz, LeRoy J. Prinz, Leroy Prinz

LeRoy Prinz

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Director

1960
1946
A Boy and His Dog

as Director

1944
1944
Musical Movieland

as Director

1944
The Shining Future

as Director

1942
Vaudeville Days

as Director

1941
Fiesta

as Director

1941
All-American Co-Ed

as Director

Crew

1958
South Pacific

as Choreographer

1956
The Ten Commandments

as Choreographer

1954
Lucky Me

as Choreographer

1950
The West Point Story

as Choreographer

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Choreographer

1944
Shine on Harvest Moon

as Choreographer

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Choreographer

1943
The Hard Way

as Choreographer

1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Choreographer

1941
Time Out for Rhythm

as Choreographer

1940
Remember the Night

as Choreographer

1938
Tropic Holiday

as Choreographer

1934
Murder at the Vanities

as Choreographer

Actor

1951
Starlift

as LeRoy Prinz

1944
Hollywood Canteen

as Self (uncredited)

Producer

1941
Fiesta

as Producer

1941
All-American Co-Ed

as Producer

Writer

1941