Kenny Ortega
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Kenneth John Ortega is an American director, producer, choreographer, and concert creator. He is best known for his work with Disney Channel, notably the High School Musical film trilogy, cult classics such as Newsies and Hocus Pocus, The Cheetah Girls 2, and the first three Descendants films.
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Filmography 37
Descendants
Hocus Pocus
High School Musical
High School Musical 2
Descendants 2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Descendants 3
This Is It
The Cheetah Girls 2
Newsies
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
High School Musical: The Concert
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
And God Created Woman
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special
Michael Jackson Memorial
The Disney Family Singalong
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Red Hot Rock
A Change of Heart
MJ & Friends: Live in Seoul
Hocus Pocus 3
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Portrait of a Choreographer
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
Going Back to Xanadu
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
LEGO Friends: Heartlake The Musical
Dirty Dancing - The Phenomenon93 credits on file
Television 17
Gilmore Girls
Dancing with the Stars
Phineas and Ferb
Chicago Hope
Ally McBeal
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Grounded for Life
Celebrity Family Feud
Andi Mack
Julie and the Phantoms
Bunheads
Reunited Apart
Second Noah
Dirty Dancing
Hull High
Fame L.A.
Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel GlennAwards 6
Connected to Kenny 6
Michael JacksonAlso in This Is It (2009)
Barbra StreisandAlso in Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (2001)
Zac EfronAlso in High School Musical (2006)
Hamish HamiltonAlso in The Disney Family Singalong (2020)
Roger VadimAlso in And God Created Woman (1988)
Thomas DohertyAlso in Descendants 3 (2019)About this person
Kenneth John Ortega is an American director, producer, choreographer, and concert creator. He is best known for his work with Disney Channel, notably the High School Musical film trilogy, cult classics such as Newsies and Hocus Pocus, The Cheetah Girls 2, and the first three Descendants films. In 2019, he signed a five year deal with Netflix, producing the original series Julie and the Phantoms, which was cancelled after only one season. He has also choreographed multiple iconic ‘80s films such as Xanadu, One from the Heart, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Dirty Dancing. Ortega has worked on multiple music videos and produced concert tours for the likes of Kiss, Olivia Newton-John, Cher, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, and Michael Jackson, notably the cancelled This is It concert residency. He also wrote, directed, and produced Jackson's posthumous documentary film, Michael Jackson's This Is It. For his work, Ortega was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Disney Legend Award in 2019.
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