Kenny Ortega

DIRECTING

1950-04-18 (76)

Palo Alto, California, USA

Biography

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Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

Xanadu(1980)

4.3

work as

Choreographer

One from the Heart(1982)

4.6

work as

Choreographer

Red Hot Rock(1984)

work as

Director

St. Elmo's Fire(1985)

4.7

work as

Choreographer

Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

7.3

work as

Choreographer, Second Unit Director

Pretty in Pink(1986)

5.6

work as

Choreographer

Dirty Dancing(1987)

7.1

work as

Choreographer

The Great Outdoors(1988)

5.1

work as

Choreographer

Dirty Dancing(1988)

work as

Director

Salsa(1988)

5.6

work as

Associate Producer

And God Created Woman(1988)

2.7

apperead as

Mike

Totally Minnie(1988)

work as

Choreographer

Mickey's 60th Birthday(1988)

work as

Choreographer

Shag(1989)

4.8

work as

Choreographer

Hull High(1990)

work as

Director, Producer

Newsies(1992)

5.4

work as

Director

Hocus Pocus(1993)

6.2

work as

Director

Chicago Hope(1994)

apperead as

Ellston McCool

work as

Director

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar(1995)

6.1

work as

Choreographer

Second Noah(1996)

work as

Director

Ally McBeal(1997)

5.2

work as

Director

Fame L.A.(1997)

work as

Director

Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live In Munich poster

Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live In Munich(1997)

work as

Art Direction

Quest for Camelot(1998)

5.5

work as

Choreographer

MJ & Friends: Live in Seoul(1999)

work as

Director

Gilmore Girls(2000)

6.9

work as

Director

Grounded for Life(2001)

5.5

work as

Director

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert poster

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert(2001)

work as

Writer, Director

Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within poster

Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within(2002)

work as

Director

High School Musical(2006)

5.7

work as

Director, Choreographer

The Cheetah Girls 2(2006)

4.9

work as

Director

Phineas and Ferb(2007)

6.9

apperead as

Kenny Ortega (voice)

High School Musical 2(2007)

5.7

work as

Producer, Director, Choreographer

High School Musical: The Concert(2007)

4.9

work as

Producer, Choreographer

High School Musical 3: Senior Year poster

High School Musical 3: Senior Year(2008)

5.7

work as

Director, Choreographer, Executive Producer

Bunheads(2012)

6.1

work as

Director

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)

5.5

work as

Director

Descendants(2015)

6.4

work as

Director, Executive Producer, Choreographer

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again(2016)

3.6

work as

Executive Producer, Director, Choreographer

Andi Mack(2017)

6.8

work as

Director

Descendants 2(2017)

6.3

work as

Choreographer, Director, Executive Producer

A Change of Heart(2017)

work as

Director

Descendants 3(2019)

6.6

work as

Choreographer, Director, Executive Producer

Julie and the Phantoms(2020)

7.3

work as

Director, Executive Producer

LEGO Friends: Heartlake The Musical

work as

Executive Producer