Kenny OrtegaFilmography

Born:: Palo Alto, CA
Occupation:: Choreography, Director, Producer
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...Read More

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Michael Jackson's This Is It

Crew: Choreography, Director, Producer

Actors: Michael Jackson

Synopsis: Legendary musical superstar Michael Jackson takes the stage one last time in this theatrical concert film compiled from over 100 hours of rehearsal footage for the 50 shows he had been scheduled to perform at London's O2 arena at the time of his death. Take a trip behind the scenes to see the Read More

10/28/09
High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Crew: Choreography, Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman

Synopsis: High School Musical 3: Senior Year continues the ongoing tune-filled love story between basketball player Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and brainy beauty Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens). As they head toward high-school graduation, the couple realizes that they'll be separated when they head to Read More

10/24/08
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

Crew: Conception, Producer

Actors: Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Kenny Ortega, Billy Ray Cyrus

Synopsis: Fans of Miley Cyrus and her pop-star alter ego on her series Hannah Montana get the best of both worlds with this live concert film. Shot during her 54-city musical tour, this concert captures Cyrus performing both as herself and as Hannah. She perform a handful of song with The Jonas Brothers. Read More

2/1/08
High School Musical 2

Crew: Choreography, Co-producer, Director

Actors: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu

Synopsis: Kenny Ortega's High School Musical 2 reunites the cast from the hit made-for-Disney Channel original to tell another story in the lives of the musically inclined students attending East Side High. The sequel takes place primarily at the Lava Springs Country Club, an exclusive summer resort that Read More

2007
High School Musical: The Concert

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Vanessa Hudgens, Drew Seeley, Ashley Tisdale

Synopsis: The biggest sensation in Disney Channel history becomes the concert that no 'tween will want to miss as the stars of the phenomenally successful High School Musical take the stage to perform the songs that fans know and love. Sing along with stars Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, and Ashley Read More

2007
High School Musical

Crew: Choreography, Director

Actors: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman

Synopsis: The captain of the East High basketball team and the key member of the academic club shock the student body by teaming to audition for the upcoming school musical in a Disney Channel Original Movie that's all about being yourself and following your dreams. Troy (Zac Efron) is best known as the Read More

2006
Gilmore Girls: Friday Night's Alright for Fighting

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hoping to make amends to her parents for accepting Christopher's help in paying for Rory's tuition, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) suggests that Emily (Kelly Bishop) reinstate her traditional Friday Night Dinner. Meanwhile, Lorelai has trouble pretending she doesn't mind that Luke (Scott Patterson) is Read More

2006
The Cheetah Girls 2: When in Spain

Crew: Director

Actors: Raven Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams

Synopsis: In this sequel to the 2003 Disney Channel hit The Cheetah Girls, the girls travel to Spain to compete in a prominent music festival while learning a thing or two about themselves in the process. Convinced that they are destined for stardom and determined to make it to Spain to compete in the New Read More

2006
Gilmore Girls: Come Home

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A minor car accident brings Richard (Edward Herrmann) and Emily (Kelly Bishop) back together. Christopher (David Sutcliffe) is made to understand the seriousness of the relationship between Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson). Rory (Alexis Bledel) helps Logan (Matt Czuchry) write an Read More

2005
Gilmore Girls: He's Slippin' 'em Bread... Dig?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The only good news that Rory (Alexis Bledel) receives this week comes from the unlikeliest of sources: her biological father Christopher (David Sutcliffe). Meanwhile, Luke (Scott Patterson) continues adjusting to the fact that he's the father of 12-year-old April -- and also continues to avoid Read More

2005
Gilmore Girls: Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) returns to town, only to get a very cold shoulder when Rory (Alexis Bledel) introduces him to Logan (Matt Czuchry). Even so, Jess' presence causes Rory to do some deep thinking about her future. Meanwhile, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) devotes all her spare time and energy to her Read More

2005
Gilmore Girls: A Family Matter

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Luke (Scott Patterson) isn't happy when his zany sister Liz (Kathleen Wilhoite) returns to Stars Hollow for her high school reunion -- and, making matters worse, Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) shows up demanding the return of his car (which has been stolen!). Elsewhere in town, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) Read More

2004
Gilmore Girls: Written in the Stars

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Though no one in Stars Hollow is terribly surprised at the possibility of romance between Lorelei (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson), Taylor (Michael Winters) warns them that there is disaster ahead -- and he's got the astrological charts to "prove" it. Elsewhere, Richard (Edward Herrmann) Read More

2004
Gilmore Girls: Emily Says Hello

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Now reconciled to her mom's relationship with Luke (Scott Patterson), Rory (Alexis Bledel) is upset when she sees Lorelai (Lauren Graham) dining with Christopher (David Sutcliffe) at the Dragonfly. For Lorelai's part, she is appalled at the though of her own mother Emily (Kelly Bishop) re-entering Read More

2004
Gilmore Girls: You Jump, I Jump, Jack!

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Rory (Alexis Bledel) draws closer to Logan (Matt Czuchry) when she goes undercover to write a story about Yale's super-secret "Life and Death Brigade". Elsewhere, Emily (Kelly Bishop) is now aware of the relationship between Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson), but Lorelai is still Read More

2004
Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped

Crew: Choreography, Producer, Stage Director

Synopsis: Gloria Estefan celebrated the release of her bold and innovative 2003 album {^Unwrapped} with a special concert at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and a camera crew was on hand to capture the magic of this one-of-a-kind performance. Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped features the award-winning Latin Read More

2003
Gilmore Girls: Face-Off

Crew: Director

Synopsis: When Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) fails to call her, Rory (Alexis Bledel) goes "stag" to a high school hockey game, where she links up with Lane (Keiko Agena) and her sham boyfriend Young Chui (Samson Yi) -- and also gets her first look at her ex-beau Dean's new girlfriend, Lindsay (Arielle Kebbel). Read More

2003
Gilmore Girls: They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Lorelai (Lauren Graham) is determined to win Stars Hollow's annual 24-hour dance marathon, if only to stifle the obnoxiousness of perennial champion Kirk (Sean Gunn). With no one else available, Lorelai chooses Rory (Alexis Bledel) as her partner, a gesture which leads to trouble when Rory spots Read More

2002
Gilmore Girls: A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) are placed in an awkward position when they agree to attend three different Thanksgiving dinners -- and things get even more awkward when they also agree to show up at Emily and Richard's house. The only way out of this social dilemma is to actually Read More

2002
Ally McBeal: Another One Bites the Dust

Crew: Director

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol, Jane Krakowski, Portia de Rossi, Regina Hall, Josh Hopkins, Hayden Panettiere

2002
The Way She Moves

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Kamar De Los Reyes, Annabeth Gish, Tessie Santiago, Daniel Cosgrove, Nicole Sullivan

2001
Ally McBeal: Reach Out and Touch

Crew: Director

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Peter MacNicol, Greg Germann, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Nicole Carson, Vonda Shepard, Robert Downey, Jr., James LeGros

2001
Ally McBeal: The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Crew: Director

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Peter MacNicol, Greg Germann, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Nicole Carson, Vonda Shepard, Robert Downey, Jr., James LeGros

2001
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Barbra Streisand

Synopsis: On December 31, 1999, Barbara Streisand gave a concert that she announced would be her last. This video, Barbara Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert, is a record of that event. Streisand performs 40 songs, including the standards "Something's Coming," "The Way We Were," "Evergreen," "On a Clear Read More

1999
Hocus Pocus

Crew: Choreography, Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch

Synopsis: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy romp around like coked-up versions of The Three Stooges in the frantic Disney romp Hocus Pocus. The film begins in 1693 where three witches -- Winifred (Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary (Kathy Najimy) -- are preparing a Read More

1993
Newsies

Crew: Choreography, Director

Actors: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Luke Edwards, Ann-Margret, Max Casella, Marty Belafsky, Ele Keats

Synopsis: A failed effort to revive the big-budget movie musical, Newsies attempted to create toe-tapping, song-and-dance excitement out of the true story of an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer. The "newsies" band together to protest a pay cut by Pulitzer (Robert Duvall Read More

4/8/92
Shag

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Phoebe Cates, Scott Coffey, Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah

Synopsis: Shag is a beach flick set in 1963. The years have passed, but the old Where the Boys Are formula holds firm: Four attractive young lasses head for the surf and sand of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, looking for guys. Phoebe Cates is about to be married, so her three pals seek out a final affair Read More

7/21/89
The Great Outdoors

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young

Synopsis: In the John Hughes-scripted The Great Outdoors, John Candy stars as Chet Ripley, an oafish paterfamilias who takes his family on a vacation at a lakeside resort. Their enjoyment is seriously compromised when brother-in-law Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd) shows up with his wife and kiddies. The rest of Read More

6/17/88
Salsa

Crew: Associate Producer, Choreography, Second Unit Director

Actors: Robi Rosa, Rodney Harvey, Magali Alvarado, Miranda Garrison, Moon Orona

Synopsis: Disco-gone-Latin, that's what's happening in Salsa, where a grease monkey who's sick and tired of knuckle-busting lives for his nights on the dance floor where he gyrates to the salsa beat. Not much plot but plenty of dancing is the fare here, as the lead guy (Robby Rosa) is out to show he's the Travolta Read More

5/6/88
And God Created Woman

Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman

Synopsis: French director Roger Vadim pillages his own grave in this nominal re-make of his 1956 creamy sensation And God Created Woman -- the film that made Brigitte Bardot an international star. Unfortunately, he is unable to do the same thing for the cool and cryptic Rebecca DeMornay in this version. DeMornay Read More

3/4/88
How to Salsa

1988
Dirty Dancing

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston

Synopsis: A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so Read More

8/21/87
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey

Synopsis: Teenaged Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a legend in his own time thanks to his uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last grand duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day bacchanal through the Read More

6/11/86
Pretty in Pink

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Annie Potts

Synopsis: John Hughes crafts an exemplary '80s Brat Pack romance out of the standard Cinderella story in Pretty in Pink. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is a teenager who lives in the dingy part of town with her terminally underemployed dad (Harry Dean Stanton). She works at a record store with eccentric Ionia Read More

2/28/86
One From the Heart

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Nastassja Kinski, Raul Julia

Synopsis: After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be an intimate romantic musical shot on a low budget in Las Vegas. Three years later, One from the Heart had mushroomed into a big-budget spectacular, shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly Read More

1982
Xanadu

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James J. Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss

Synopsis: In this film, the mysterious Kira (Olivia Newton-John) appears to assist and inspire a young artist, Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). When she helps him meet up with the rich Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), the two join up together to create an artistic and business success, an unique club called Read More

1980

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