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Article: Emile Ardolino. (motion picture and television director) (Obituary)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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Emile Ardolino. the movie the television director whose most recent film was George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, died of AIDS-related illness at his home in Los Angeles on November 20, 1993. He was fifty years old.
Born in New York City, Ardolino was educated at Queens College, studied dance with Matt Mattox, and worked briefly as in actor before turning to film. He became an editor, a director, and a producer of documentaries, industrial films and multimedia stage productions.
He won an Obie Award in 1969 for his films for the original production of Oh! Calcutta! ind created films for Joffrey Ballet's Astarte and New York City Opera's The Makropoulos ...