- Once discovered an original Renoir drawing concealed in the back of an antique frame.
- Favorite director is Stanley Kubrick.
- Opened his business, Frame of Mind Pictures, on the 20th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ("It was 20 years ago today...."), in a studio once occupied by toy legend, A.C. Gilbert.
- Worked in the prop department at Paramount Pictures in 1986.
- Graduated from the University of Southern California in 1983 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts.
- Attended the Yale School of Art in the summer of 1982, between his junior and senior years at U.S.C.
- Inspired the expansion of a Communication Arts program at his high school in 1978, which today thrives in its own building on campus.
- Played keyboards in several professional rock bands.
- Won a statewide art contest at the age of 10, by drawing and creating an advertisement for Echo Ridge Day Camp that was published in the newspaper.
- Taught himself to read music and play piano at the age of 9.
- Second Cousin of film director, Emile Ardolino.
- Father of actress, Grace Ardolino.
- Is of Italian, Sicilian, Hungarian, and German descent.
- First Cousin (twice removed) of film director, Johannes Guter.
- Third Cousin (once removed) of actress, Elke Sommer.
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