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Kenneth John Ortega (born April 18, 1950) is an American filmmaker, touring manager, and choreographer. He is known for directing the films Newsies, Hocus Pocus, The Cheetah Girls 2, High School Musical, Michael Jackson's This Is It, Descendants, and Julie and the Phantoms. [1]
10 titles. 1. Newsies (1992) PG | 121 min | Drama, Family, History. 6.9. Rate. 46 Metascore. A musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.
Highest Rated: 90% Descendants (2015) Lowest Rated: 29% The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016) Birthday: Apr 18, 1950. Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, USA.
Apr 9, 2021 · In addition to decades of success as a choreographer -- Pretty In Pink, Dirty Dancing, Madonna 's "Material Girl" video, to name just a few of his choreography credits -- Kenny Ortega is the...
Sep 9, 2020 · With the new Netflix series “Julie and the Phantoms,” the man behind “High School Musical” hopes to create another generation of young stars. How does he do it? By seeing teenagers for who they...
Kenny Ortega was born on April 18, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Auditions - Searching for the World's Best Dancers (2010) and Descendants 3 (2019). Top titles. Latest. Filmography. Connections. Lucas Grabeel. Vanessa Hudgens.
Ortega's longtime bread-and-butter business of live shows reached a new peak in 1996: in January he produced the extravagant 30th anniversary halftime show of the Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, AZ, with Diana Ross performing as the anchor of a pyrotechnic extravaganza.
