Kenny Ortega Biography and Filmography

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Kenny Ortega
Birthday: November 30, 1999
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Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Kenny Ortega. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

California-born dancer and choreographer Kenny Ortega had stage and television experience before working on his first feature film, The Rose (1979) and the Olivia Newton-John/Gene Kelly disco-era musical Xanadu (1980). During the '80s, he was associated with some of the biggest hits of the decade, especially among "youth" movies of the period — One from the Heart (1982), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (both 1986), and the monster hit Dirty Dancing (1987). After co-producing Salsa (1988), he turned to directing with Newsies, the Disney organization's ill-fated 1992 attempt to revive the movie-musical genre, and Hocus Pocus (1993). Though Ortega would continue to serve as a choreographer in film and television thought the 1990s (including To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar), his career was geared increasingly towards directing for television during the millennial turnover, with frequent work in such popular series' as Chicago Hope, Grounded for Life, Ally McBeal, and The Gilmore Girls comprising the majority of his credits. After scoring a direct hit in 1996 as both choreographer and director of High School Musical (the higest rated movie in Disney Channel history at the time), Ortega would step back behind the camera to tell the tale of a group of young female singers determined to make the big-time in the musical comedy }@Disney Channel} sequel {#The Cheetah Girls 2}.

Movie Credits

The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)

High School Musical (2006)
[ Zac Efron ][ Lucas Grabeel ][ Corbin Bleu ][ Chris Warren Jr. ][ Bart Johnson ]

He's Slippin' 'Em Bread... Dig? (2005)

Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out (2005)
[ Milo Ventimiglia ]

Come Home (2005)

Emily Says Hello (2004)
[ Michael DeLuise ]

XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2002)

The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2001)

Reach Out and Touch (2001)

Liver, Hold the Mushrooms (1998)
[ George Newbern ]

Hocus Pocus (1993)
[ Divine ][ Jason Marsden ][ Garry Marshall ][ Omri Katz ][ Doug Jones ]

Newsies (1992)
[ Christian Bale ][ Robert Duvall ][ Bill Pullman ][ David Moscow ][ Max Casella ]

Episode #1.1 (1990)
[ Robert Knepper ]

Walk Like a Man (1988)

Sexy Shorts (1984)

Trivia

Has worked with Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Elton John.

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