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Birthplace:
Maspeth, Queens, New york
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Emmy-winning TV producer-director and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker (for his profile on ballet dancer-teacher Jacques d'Amboise, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'" 1983). After a distinguished career in television as director and producer of PBS' "Dance in America" and "Live From Lincoln Center" cultural series and as director of Joseph Papp productions for TV, Ardolino scored a huge hit with his first fiction feature, the dance-driven teen romance, "Dirty Dancing" (1987). After this sweaty charmer, Ardolino helmed the lackadaisically fantastic "Chances Are" (1988) and the happy-face sequel
Toured as actor in "The Fantasticks"
Became interested in filmmaking; learned basics of cinematography and editing
1967
Set up his own production company
1975
Worked as producer and director for Public Television's "Dance in America" and "Live from Lincoln Center" series
1983
Feature documentary directing debut, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'"
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