Kenny Ortega
Directing · Director · Producer · Writer
Born Apr 18, 1950 · Palo Alto, California, USA
Active 1980–present · Awards: Directors Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Helpmann Award for Best Choreography in a Musical, American Choreography Awards, Disney Legends
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.
Filmography
Julie and the Phantoms — Executive Producer · Music DirectorLEGO Friends: Heartlake The Musical — Executive ProducerFerris Bueller's Day Off (1986) — Choreographer · Second Unit DirectorDirty Dancing (1987) — ChoreographerDescendants 3 (2019) — Choreographer · Director · Executive ProducerHocus Pocus (1993) — DirectorDescendants (2015) — Director · Executive Producer · ChoreographerGilmore Girls (2000) — DirectorDescendants 2 (2017) — Choreographer · Director · Executive ProducerHigh School Musical (2006) — Director · ChoreographerPhineas and Ferb (2007) — Kenny Ortega (voice)Julie and the Phantoms (2020) — Director · Executive ProducerHigh School Musical 2 (2007) — Producer · Director · ChoreographerHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) — Director · Choreographer · Executive ProducerThis Is It (2009) — Director · Producer · WriterTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) — ChoreographerPretty in Pink (1986) — ChoreographerQuest for Camelot (1998) — ChoreographerAndi Mack (2017) — DirectorThe Great Outdoors (1988) — ChoreographerSt. Elmo's Fire (1985) — ChoreographerMichael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich (1997) — Art DirectionAlly McBeal (1997) — DirectorNewsies (1992) — Director