Kenny Ortega

**Kenneth John "Kenny" Ortega** (born April 18, 1950) is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He was the director of all the _High School Musical_ movies.

## Filmography and concerts

|colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Xanadu_|Choreographer|39%|$20 million|$22,762,571||
|1985|_St. Elmo's Fire_|Choreographer|47%|N/A|$37,803,672||
|rowspan=2|1986|_Pretty in Pink_|Choreographer|81%|N/A|$40,471,663|
|_Ferris Bueller's Day Off_|Choreographer|84%|$6 million|$70,136,369|||
|1987|_Dirty Dancing_|Choreographer|68%|$6 million|$213,954,274||
|1988|_Salsa_|Choreographer|N/A|N/A|$8,892,589||
|1989|_Shag_|Choreographer|64%|N/A|$6,957,975||
|1992|_Newsies_|Choreographer, Director|30%|$15 million|$2,819,485||
|1993|_Hocus Pocus_|Director|32%|$28 million|$39,514,713||
|1995|_To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar_|Choreographer|42%|N/A|$47,774,193||
|1998|_Quest for Camelot_|Choreographer|36%|$40 million|$22,510,798||
|2006|_High School Musical_|Choreographer, Director|56%|$4.4 million|N/A||
|2006|_The Cheetah Girls 2_|Choreographer, Director|N/A|N/A|N/A||
|2007|_High School Musical 2_|Choreographer, Director|57%|$7 million|N/A||
|2008|_High School Musical 3: Senior Year_|Choreographer, Director|65%|$11 million|$252,909,177||
|2008|_Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert_|Choreographer|71%|$7 million|$70,642,036||
|2009|_Michael Jackson's This Is It_|Choreographer, Director|81%|$60 million|$261,183,588||
|2011|_In the Heights_|Director|N/A|N/A|N/A||
|2013|_Dirty Dancing remake_ (pre-production)|Director|N/A|N/A|N/A||

|colspan=3 style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Television||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1988|_Dirty Dancing_|Director, 2 episodes|
|1990|_Hull High_|Choreographer, director, 2 episodes|
|1996|_Second Noah_|Director, 1 episode|
|1998–1999|_Chicago Hope_|Director, 2 episodes|
|2000|_Resurrection Blvd._|Director, 1 episode|
|2001|_Grounded for Life_|Director, 1 episode|
|2001|_Ally McBeal_|Director, 3 episodes|
|2002–2006|_Gilmore Girls_|Director, 11 episodes|
|2011|_Phineas and Ferb_|Guest star, 1 episode|
|2012|_Bunheads_|Director, 1 episode|

|colspan=3 style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Concerts||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1989–1990|_Cher's Heart of Stone Tour_|Director|
|1992–1993|_Michael Jackson's Dangerous World Tour_|Director|
|1996–1997|_Michael Jackson's HIStory World Tour_|Director|
|2003-2004|_Gloria Estefan's  Live & Unwrapped_|Show Director and Choreographer|
|2006-2007|_High School Musical: The Concert_|Director|
|2007–2008|_Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour_|Director, Choreographer|
|2009-2010|_Michael Jackson's This Is It Tour_|Director|

## Awards

|style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Year|style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Award|style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Category|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|ALMA Award|Special Achievement Award – Outstanding Director||||
|rowspan=2|2009|National Association of Latino Independent Producers|Outstanding Achievement Award|||
|30th Young Artist Awards|Jackie Coogan Award - Contribution to Youth|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Kenny ortega.jpg
- **caption**: Ortega at _Michael Jackson's This Is It, This Is It_ launch in HMV Group, HMV London, February 22, 2010
- **birth name**: Kenneth John Ortega
- **birth place**: Palo Alto, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Television and film director, producer, choreographer
- **years active**: 1980–present
- **website**: [http://www.kennyortega.com/Kenny_Ortega/Welcome.html Official site]