Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino ( May 9, 1943 in Maspeth, Queens, New York, USA, † November 20, 1993 in Bel Air, California, USA) was an American film director, producer, editor and theater actor.
Life
Emile Ardolino, the son of Italian immigrant Emilio and Ester Ardolino was born in a suburb of Queens. His father, at the time of birth of Emile's already 54 years old, died in 1949.
Ardolino began his career as an actor on Broadway, but he soon moved on behind the camera. Among his favorite early works included documentaries that deal with the history and development of dance. So he filmed among other things, the 1983 documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin ', with Jacques d' Amboise as the main character. For this film, which shows a teacher at the dance lessons with children from New York, Ardolino was awarded the 1984 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
He also directed stage plays such as Jesus Christ Superstar or the revue Oh! Calcutta! . For the latter, he won an Obie Award.
In the late 1980s changed Ardolino for the feature film. Its most well known film should be the In 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing. Another highlight of his short career was the comedy Sister Act, produced in 1992.
Emile Ardolino, who openly lived his homosexuality, became infected with the HIV virus, and died at the age of 50 years of AIDS. It lies next to his parents - his mother died in 1975 - buried in New York.