Kenny Ortega

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-04-18 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Palo Alto, California, USA

Kenny Ortega

Biography

Kenneth John 'Kenny' Ortega (born April 18, 1950) is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He is known for directing the High School Musical trilogy and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert tour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenny Ortega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Production

1993

Hocus Pocus

as Director

2006

2009

This Is It

as Director

2007

2007

1985

St. Elmo's Fire

as Choreographer

2015

Descendants

as Director

2007

High School Musical 2

as Choreographer

2006

High School Musical

as Choreographer

1988

Salsa

as Associate Producer

1987

Dirty Dancing

as Choreographer

1980

Xanadu

as Choreographer

1988

The Great Outdoors

as Choreographer

-

Weslandia

as Director

2015

Descendants

as Executive Producer

2015

Descendants

as Choreographer

2017

Descendants 2

as Choreographer

2019

Descendants 3

as Choreographer

1984

Red Hot Rock

as Director

2017

Descendants 2

as Director

2014

2019

Descendants 3

as Director

2017

2017

Descendants 2

as Executive Producer

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Choreographer

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Second Unit Director

1982

One from the Heart

as Choreographer

1989

Shag

as Choreographer

2009

This Is It

as Producer

2006

2008

1992

Newsies

as Director

2019

Descendants 3

as Executive Producer

-

Phantom

as Director

1986

Pretty in Pink

as Choreographer

1998

Quest for Camelot

as Choreographer

2009

This Is It

as Writer

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