Biography
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Emile Ardolino (born May 9, 1943 in Queens, New York; died November 20, 1993) was an American film director and producer.
He began his career as an actor in off-Broadway productions, but soon moved to the production side of the business. In the 1970s and 1980s Ardolino worked for PBS; his profiles of dancers and choreographers for their Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center series won him a total of 17 Emmy Awards.
Ardolino won an Academy Award for Best Documentary for the 1983 movie He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'. He found commercial success with the 1987 sleeper hit Dirty Dancing, and went on to make several other mainstream films.
Ardolino died in 1993 of complications from AIDS. His last films, The Nutcracker, (based on George Balanchine's New York City Ballet version), and the television production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable, were released and shown posthumously.
Filmography (partial)
- He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Chances Are (1989)
- Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
- Sister Act (1992)
- Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
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