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Kenny Ortega
Birth Place:
Palo Alto, CA

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...

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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...

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Filmography at a glance

  1. Michael Jackson's This Is It 2009
  2. High School Musical 3: Senior Year 2008
  3. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in Disney Digital 3D 2008
  4. High School Musical (2006) 2006
  5. Hocus Pocus 1993
  6. Newsies 1992
  7. Shag 1989
  8. Salsa 1988
  9. And God Created Woman 1987
  10. Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary 1987
  11. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 1986
  12. Pretty in Pink 1986
  13. One From the Heart 1982
  14. Xanadu 1980
  15. Dirty Dancing (2014)
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