Emile Ardolino
| Emile Ardolino | |
|---|---|
| File:Emile Ardolino at the Academy Awards.jpg
Ardolino at the 56th Academy Awards
|
|
| Born | May 9, 1943 Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. John Cemetery, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation |
|
| Notable work | Dirty Dancing Sister Act |
Emile Ardolino (May 9, 1943 – November 20, 1993) was an American television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the films Dirty Dancing (1987) and Sister Act (1992). He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983).[1]
Contents
Early life and career
Ardolino was born in Maspeth, a neighborhood of Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Ester (nee Pesiri) and Emilio Ardolino.[2]
He began his career as an actor in Off-Broadway productions, and then moved to the production side of the business. In 1967, he founded Compton-Ardolino Films with Gardner Compton.[1] In the 1970s and 1980s, Ardolino worked for PBS. He profiled dancers and choreographers for their Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center series.
Ardolino won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 1983 film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'.[3][4] He found commercial success with the Academy Award-winning 1987 hit Dirty Dancing.[5]
Death
Ardolino died in California on November 20, 1993, of complications from AIDS. His last films, The Nutcracker (based on George Balanchine's New York City Ballet adaptation) and the television production of Gypsy starring Bette Midler, were released and shown posthumously. Ardolino is buried beside his parents at St. John Cemetery in New York.
Personal life
Awards
- 1969 Obie Award for the Broadway production of Oh! Calcutta!
- 19 Emmy Award nominations, winning three[7]
- 1983 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'.[8]
Partial filmography
- He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Chances Are (1989)
- Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
- Sister Act (1992)
- The Nutcracker (1993)
- Gypsy (1993, TV movie)
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Emile Ardolino at the Internet Movie DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Obituary: Emile Ardolino at The Independent
- AllMovie
- Emile Ardolino papers, 1950s-1990s, held by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Script error: The function "top" does not exist.
Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Documentary Winners: 1984 Oscars
- ↑ 1984|Oscars.org
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Emile Ardolino - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins
- ↑ He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (23 minute version) by National Dance Institute on YouTube
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with short description
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- 1943 births
- 1993 deaths
- AIDS-related deaths in California
- American people of Italian descent
- Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Film directors from New York City
- American gay men
- American LGBTQ film directors
- LGBTQ people from New York (state)
- Obie Award recipients
- People from Maspeth, Queens
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- 20th-century American LGBTQ people
