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Kenny Ortega

  • Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Birthday: April 18, 1950

An Emmy Award winner, Kenny Ortega in the 1990s and 2000s made himself the most celebrated choreographer and helmsman of filmed and live musical stage shows in America, choreographing some of most famous dance scenes in film, producing live sports-ceremony extravaganzas and stewarding one of most phenomenal musical drama franchises in history. Ortega arrived on the American film scene portentously working with Gene Kelly on his final feature film, the camp classic “Xanadu” (1980), and went on to create the smoldering dance scenes in “Dirt…more

Credits

Actor
Choreography
Consultants & Advisors

Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Directed "Michael Jackson: This Is It," compiled from an estimated 80 hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage of his never seen concert

  • 2008

    Directed the third and final Disney channel TV-movie "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"

  • 2007

    Helmed the Disney TV-movie, "High School Musical 2"

  • 2006

    Directed the Disney Channel TV-movie, "High School Musical"

  • 2002 to 2006

    Directed several episodes of the WB series, "Gilmore Girls"

Awards

  • 2007

    Directors Guild of America Award: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

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