Question: Who directed the 1987 romantic drama dance film that is directly parodied by the television film "Totally Awesome"?
Context: Totally Awesome is a television film produced by VH1.  "Totally Awesome" directly parodies a number of 1980s movies, including "Dirty Dancing", "Soul Man", "Footloose", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Sixteen Candles", "Teen Wolf", "Better Off Dead", "Lucas", "Pretty in Pink", and "The Karate Kid". Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, and featuring Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach. Take the Lead is a 2006 drama dance film directed by Liz Friedlander, and starring Antonio Banderas as dance instructor Pierre Dulaine, the founder of Dancing Classrooms.  It also stars Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley, and Jenna Dewan.  The film was released on April 7, 2006.  Although based in New York City, it was filmed in Toronto.  Stock footage of various locations in New York City were used. Blue is a 2002 Japanese romantic drama directed by Hiroshi Ando based on the manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan.  The film stars Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo.  The film was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, and was released in Japanese theaters in 2003. Greg Pak (born August 23, 1968) is an American film director and comic book writer, known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including "X-Treme X-Men" and several titles featuring the Hulk.  As of early 2016, Pak writes "The Totally Awesome Hulk" for Marvel, "Action Comics" and "Teen Titans" for DC. Footloose is a 2011 American musical drama dance film directed by Craig Brewer.  It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, and Dennis Quaid.  The film follows a young man who moves from Boston to a small southern town and protests the town's ban against dancing. Ora (or ORA) is a 2011 experimental 3D dance film filmed thermographically, capturing images of the dancers using only their body heat.  The 15-minute short film was directed by Philippe Baylaucq as part of his two-year residency at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Montreal.  "Ora" was choreographed by José Navas, who had previously worked with Baylaucq on the NFB experimental dance film, "Lodela". Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a 2002 horror film directed by Guy Maddin, budgeted at $1.7 million and produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a dance film documenting a performance by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapting Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula".  Maddin elected to shoot the dance film in a fashion uncommon for such films, through close-ups and using jump cuts.  Maddin also stayed close to the source material of Stoker's novel, emphasizing the xenophobia in the reactions of the main characters to Dracula (played by Zhang Wei-Qiang in Maddin's film). Sandra Bullock is an American actress who made her film debut with a minor role in the 1987 thriller "Hangmen".  She made her television debut in the television film "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" (1989) and played the lead role in the short-lived sitcom "Working Girl" (1990) before making her breakthrough starring in the action film "Speed" (1994).  She starred with Sylvester Stallone in "Demolition Man" (1994).  Bullock founded her own production company, Fortis Films, and starred in the romantic comedy "While You Were Sleeping" in 1995.  Her performance in the film earned her first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.  The following year, Bullock starred with Matthew McConaughey in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel "A Time to Kill" (1996).  In 1997, she reprised her "Speed" role in the sequel, "".  The following year, Bullock starred in the romantic comedy "Practical Magic", voiced Miriam in the animated biblical film "The Prince of Egypt" and also executive produced her first film, the romantic drama "Hope Floats". Beat Street is a 1984 American drama dance film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s, breakdancing, DJ-ing and graffiti.
Answer: Emile Ardolino