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Kenny Ortega
Producer, Director, Choreographer

 
Director / choreographer Kenny Ortega, who first gained recognition as a film choreographer working alongside his mentor Gene Kelly on the critically acclaimed “One from the Heart” by Francis Ford Coppola and then next on the musical “Xanadu” won two Emmy awards for Outstanding Direction For A Variety, Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Choreography at the 54th Annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles this evening.

Ortega was responsible for directing a cast of 10000 performers under icy weather conditions at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.  Ortega served as supervising choreographer, artistic director and co-producer of the Salt Lake 2002 Opening Ceremony (produced by Don Mischer Productions).

This television season, Ortega directs the much talked about new series “Girls Club” for producer David E. Kelley and returns to direct the award-winning multi-generational “Gilmore Girls” on The WB. He also joins executive producer Jeff Margolis as producer for “The Disco Ball...A 30-Year Celebration,” a two-hour movie-of-the-week for ABC. Last month, Ortega received the Golden Eagle award for Lifetime Achievement from Nosotros, an organization founded in 1970 by Ricardo Montalban to improve the image of Latinos/Hispanics in the entertainment industry. 
 

Theatre/Events

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL TOUR Buena Vista Music Group/
Fall 2006 (Dir/Chor)
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ON ICE Feld Entertainment (Producer)
THE BOY FROM OZ  w- Hugh Jackman (Dir)
WYNN HOTEL & RESORT
The Lake of Dreams
Wynn Design & Development (Prod/Dir)
GLORIA ESTEFAN UNWRAPPED Caesar’s Palace/Estefan Enterprises (Dir/Chor)
SIRENS OF TI Treasure Island (Prod/Dir)
2002 OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONIES
*Emmy Award/ACA Nom
Salt Lake City Olympics (Prod/Dir/Chor)
Don Mischer Productions 
BELLAGIO OPENING   Bellagio Hotel & Casino/
Las Vegas
1996 OLYMPICS      
*ACA Award 
Atlanta (Artistic Dir/Chor/
Special Staging)
SUPERBOWL XXX 1996
Halftime Spectacular
w- Diana Ross (Chor)              
WORLD CUP OPENING w- Diana Ross (Chor)
DARREN ROMEO Siegfried & Roy Productions
SIEGFRIED & ROY Closing Number/Feld Ent. (Chor)
NAKED BOYS SINGING Celebration Theater (Chor)
MARILYN: AN AMERICAN FABLE  Minskoff, Broadway (Dir/Chor)
TONI BASIL’S FOLLIES BIZARRE Fox Theatre, Venice (Dir)
*Additional Lists Available Upon Request

 

Television

DIRECTOR
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL II
Disney Channel (Dir/Chor)
*Emmy Award Nom- Outstanding Choreography
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
Disney Channel (Dir/Chor)
*Emmy Nom-Best Director
*Emmy Award - Outstanding Choreography
CHEETAH GIRLS II Disney Channel (Dir/Chor)
GILMORE GIRLS Warner Bros. (Multiple Episodes)
2002 OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONINES
*Emmy Award/ACA Nom
Salt Lake City Olympics
Don Mischer Productions (Prod/Dir/Chor)
DISCO BALL Jeff Margolis Productions/ABC (Producer)
GROUNDED FOR LIFE
*Emmy Nom
FOX
ALLY MC BEAL FOX
RESURECTION BLVD. Showtime
WASTELAND CBS/Skipper, Inc.
CHICAGO HOPE CBS (three episodes)
BRIT AWARDS Michael Jackson segment (produced & staged)
FAME LA MGM-Trilogy (Series Pilot & Multiple Episodes)
CHOREOGRAPHER
2005  SUPER BOWL
PRE & HALF-TIME SHOW
39 Productions, Inc.
2004 SUPER BOWL
PRE & HALF-TIME SHOW
Don Mischer Prods. (Producer)
ABC 50TH ANNIVERSARY Don Mischer Prods. (Chor/Musical Segment Prod)
GROUNDED FOR LIFE  
*Emmy/ACA Nomination
FOX
THE TONIGHT SHOW w-OSCAR de la HOYA/NBC
ACADEMY AWARDS 2000 ABC
WASTELAND CBS/Skipper Inc.
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS w- Cher/ABC/Dick Clark Prods.
CHICAGO HOPE 
*ACA Award 
CBS
1996 OLYMPICS   
*ACA Award  
Artistic Dir/Chor/Special Staging
DIRTY DANCING  Vestron/CBS
(Series Choreographer)
MICHAEL JACKSON Dangerous HBO (Conceived & Dir. Stage Prod.) 
GLORIA ESTEFAN
Coming Out Of The Dark
HBO (Dir/Chor/Stage Prod.)
CHER Heart Of Stone HBO (Dir. & Chor. Stage Prod.)
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 1986-89/Dick Clark Prod./ABC
ACADEMY AWARDS ABC
SMOKEY ROBINSON’
MOTOWN REVIEW
NBC / Motown
MICKEY’S 60th BIRTHDAY Disney
TOTALLY MINNIE Disney
NOSOTROS AWARDS Syndication 1988
GOOD TIME ROCK N’ ROLL NBC
JUMP NBC (2 Episodes)
TELEVISION SPECIALS - Cher, Olivia Newton John, Pointer Sisters, Smokey Robinson, Neil Diamond, and Cheryl Ladd.

Concert Tours

BARBRA STREISAND  TIMELESS - 1999 Las Vegas/2000 Australia
SHAKIRA  1998 Tour (Chor)
MICHAEL JACKSON HIStory 1996-97 (Conceived/Dir/Chor)
LORRIE MORGAN 1994-98 US Tours (Dir/Chor)
MINDY McCRADY  US Tour 1997
DREAMS COME TRUE Japan (Dir/Chor)
MICHAEL JACKSON Dangerous  1992-93 (Conceived/Dir)
CHER Heart Of Stone 1989-90 (Conceived/Dir)
GLORIA ESTEFAN & M.S.M. 1987-88 (Dir/Chor)
POINTER SISTERS 1986-89 Tours
CHAKA KHAN 1988-89 World Tour (Dir/Chor)
DIANA ROSS TOUR
1988
HERB ALPERT 1989 Summer Symphony
BETTE MIDLER Special material (Chor)
OINGO BOINGO 1986-87 US Tours (Dir/Chor)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 1981 World Tour (Dir/Chor)
KISS 1980 World Tour (Dir/Chor)
THE TUBES 1975-85 World Tours (Dir/Chor)

Feature Films

DIRECTOR
HOCUS POCUS Disney
NEWSIES Disney
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF Paramount (Dir/Chor)
CHOREOGRAPHER
QUEST FOR CAMELOT Warner Brothers
TO WONG FOO... Universal Pictures
DIRTY DANCING Vestron
ROAD HOUSE 20th Century Fox
SHAG Hemdale
THE GREAT OUTDOORS Universal/MCA
THE LOST BOYS Warner Bros.
PRETTY IN PINK Paramount
SALSA Cannon
GOD CREATED WOMAN Vestron
ONE FROM THE HEART Zoetrope
ST. ELMO’S FIRE Paramount
XANADU Universal Pictures
THE ROSE 20th Century Fox  

Videos

DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER
MIAMI SOUND MACHINE Rhythm is Gonna Get You
GLORIA ESTEFAN Coming Out of the Dark,
Seal our Fate
SELENA A Boy Like That
CHER I Found Someone,
We All Sleep Alone
TUBES She’s A Beauty
POINTER SISTERS  I’m So Excited, Back In My Arms, I’m So Excited (long form)
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPPS Save the Overtime
CHAYANNE Este Rytmo Baila Asi
DENISE WILLIAMS  Let’s Hear it for the Boys
CHOREOGRAPHER
SELENA  Techno Cumbia
MADONNA Material Girl
CHER Heart of Stone,Turn Back Time
THE TUBES Completion Backwards Principal
DIANNA ROSS
Experience
KIM CARNES One Divided Heart
ROD STEWART  Young Turks, Love Touch
PAUL JABARA Ochos Rios
NEIL DIAMOND Headed For the Future
ELTON JOHN Word in Spanish
BILLY JOEL Allentown
FLEETWOOD MAC Gypsy
TOTO Rosanna 

Commercials

CHOREOGRAPHER
PEPSI w- GLORIA ESTEFAN International Spot
PEPSI w- CHAYANNE International Spot
Hi-C National Spots - 3 
     
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