KENNY ORTEGA➲ Kenneth John "Kenny"

Ortega (born April 18, 1950) is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He is known for directing the High School Musical series and Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour, as well as for choreographing Dirty Dancing

Life

➲ Ortega was born in Palo Alto, California. His paternal grandparents were Spanish.

LIFE AND CAREER

➲ Initially known for working with dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly on the film Xanadu, Ortega went on to choreographing the dance for the Menudo video "Hold Me", as well as the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, and has won awards for choreography in music videos, such as Madonna's "Material Girl". Ortega directed Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" video. Together with Michael Jackson, he created and designed the Dangerous World Tour 1992-1993 and the HIStory World Tour 1996-1997.

FILMOGRAPHY

➲ Kenny Ortega was the director of Newsies,Hocus Pocus,High School Musical 1,2,3,The Cheetah Girls 2,Michael Jackson`s this is it...

➲ He was the coreographer of Hannah Montana Best of Both Worlds,Dirty Dancing...

➲ He was the director of a lot of TV series like Ally McBeal and many others.

AWARDS

➲ He was win two awards,in 2008 ALMA Award and in 2009 National Association of Latino Independent Producers.

HES WORKS