fiction.wikisort.org - DirectorEmile 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 has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983).[1]
American television and film director and producer
Emile Ardolino |
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Ardolino at the 56th Academy Awards |
Born | (1943-05-09)May 9, 1943
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Died | November 20, 1993(1993-11-20) (aged 50)
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Resting place | St. John Cemetery, New York, U.S. |
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Occupation | Television director, television producer, film director, film producer |
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Notable work | Dirty Dancing Sister Act |
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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.
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 adaption) 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.
Ardolino was openly gay.[5]
Awards
- 1969 Obie Award for the Broadway production of Oh! Calcutta!
- 19 Emmy Award nominations, winning three[6]
- 1983 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'.[7]
Partial filmography
References
External links
Awards for Emile Ardolino |
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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film |
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1942–1975 | |
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1976–2000 | |
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2001–present | |
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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Musical Variety |
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- Timothy Kiley (1971)
- Bob Fosse (1972)
- Dwight Hemion (1973)
- Roger Englander (1974)
- Jay Sandrich (1975)
- Tony Charmoli (1976)
- Arthur Fisher (1977)
- Merrill Brockway (1978)
- Tony Charmoli (1979)
- Dwight Hemion (1980)
- Emile Ardolino (1981)
- Don Mischer (1982)
- Don Mischer (1983)
- Don Mischer and Twyla Tharp (1984)
- Don Mischer (1985)
- Walter C. Miller (1986)
- Dwight Hemion (1987)
- Walter C. Miller (1988)
- Don Mischer (1989)
- Jeff Margolis (1990)
- Walter C. Miller (1991)
- Bobby Quinn (1992)
- Jeff Margolis (1993)
- Dwight Hemion and Barbra Streisand (1994)
- Matthew Diamond (1995)
- Don Mischer (1996)
- Louis J. Horvitz (1997)
- Paul Miller (1998)
- Dennie Gordon (1999)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller (2000)
- Joel Gallen and Beth McCarthy-Miller (2001)
- Matthew Diamond (2002)
- David Mallet (2003)
- Bruce Gowers (2004)
- Matthew Diamond (2005)
- Rob Marshall (2006)
- Glenn Weiss (2007)
- Bucky Gunts (2008)
- Don Mischer (2009)
- Glenn Weiss (2010)
- Glenn Weiss (2011)
- Glenn Weiss (2012)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program |
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Informational Series (1979–1994) | |
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Nonfiction Programming (2003–2017) | |
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Documentary/Nonfiction Program (2018–present) | |
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Between 1979–1994, the category was a juried award. |
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[de] Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino (* 9. Mai 1943 in Maspeth, Queens, New York, USA; † 20. November 1993 in Bel Air, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur, Filmproduzent und Theaterschauspieler.
- [en] Emile Ardolino
[es] Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino (9 de mayo de 1943 – 20 de noviembre de 1993) fue un director, coreógrafo y productor de cine estadounidense, reconocido principalmente por haber dirigido las películas Dirty Dancing (1987) y Sister Act (1992).
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