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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 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

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Directing

1984

[ ] Red Hot Rock (Director)

1986

[ ] Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Second Unit Director)

1992

[ ] Newsies (Director)

1993

[ 5/10 ] Hocus Pocus (Director)

2001

[ ] Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (Director)

2002

[ ] Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within (Director)

2006

[ ] High School Musical (Director)
[ ] The Cheetah Girls 2 (Director)

2007

[ ] High School Musical 2 (Director)

2008

[ ] High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Director)

2009

[ ] This Is It (Director)
[ ] Michael Jackson Memorial (Director)

2015

[ ] Descendants (Director)

2016

[ ] The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (Director)

2017

[ ] Descendants 2 (Director)
[ ] A Change of Heart (Director)

2019

[ ] Descendants 3 (Director)

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[ ] Weslandia (Director)
[ ] Phantom (Director)
[ ] Untitled Descendants Film (Director)

Production

1988

[ ] Salsa (Associate Producer)

2007

[ ] High School Musical 2 (Producer)
[ ] High School Musical: The Concert (Producer)

2008

[ ] High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Executive Producer)

2009

[ ] This Is It (Producer)

2015

[ ] Descendants (Executive Producer)

2016

[ ] The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (Executive Producer)

2017

[ ] Descendants 2 (Executive Producer)

2019

[ ] Descendants 3 (Executive Producer)

2020

[ ] The Disney Family Singalong (Producer)

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[ ] LEGO Friends: Heartlake The Musical (Executive Producer)

Writing

2001

[ ] Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (Writer)

2009

[ ] This Is It (Writer)

Crew

1980

[ ] Xanadu (Choreographer)

1982

[ ] One from the Heart (Choreographer)

1985

[ ] St. Elmo's Fire (Choreographer)

1986

[ ] Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Choreographer)
[ ] Pretty in Pink (Choreographer)

1987

[ ] Dirty Dancing (Choreographer)

1988

[ ] The Great Outdoors (Choreographer)

1989

[ ] Shag (Choreographer)

1995

[ 7/10 ] To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (Choreographer)

1998

[ ] Quest for Camelot (Choreographer)

2006

[ ] High School Musical (Choreographer)

2007

[ ] High School Musical 2 (Choreographer)
[ ] High School Musical: The Concert (Choreographer)

2008

[ ] High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Choreographer)

2015

[ ] Descendants (Choreographer)

2016

[ ] The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (Choreographer)

2017

[ ] Descendants 2 (Choreographer)

2019

[ ] Descendants 3 (Choreographer)

Art

1997

[ ] Michael Jackson: HIStory World Tour - Live in Munich (Art Direction)

Actor

1988

[ ] And God Created Woman (Mike)

1991

[ ] Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square (Self)

2002

[ ] Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (Self)

2007

[ ] Portrait of a Choreographer (Self)

2008

[ ] Going Back to Xanadu (????)
[ ] High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical (Self)
[ ] Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (Self - Tour Director)

2009

[ ] This Is It (Self)
[ ] Michael Jackson Memorial (Self)

2010

[ ] Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot (Self - Interviewee: Director)

2013

[ ] Dirty Dancing - The Phenomenon (Self)

2018

[ ] Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (Self)

2019

[ ] High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special (Self)
[ ] Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (Self)

2020

[ ] The Disney Family Singalong (Self)

2022

[ ] Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough (Self)