Kenny Ortega
- Director
- Choreographer
- Producer
Kenny Ortega was born on 18 April 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).
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 14 wins & 16 nominations total
Director
Producer
- Alternative name
- Kenneth Ortega
- Height
- 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Born
- ParentsMadeline Ortega
- RelativesMark Ortega(Sibling)
- Other works(1975-78) Performed with The Tubes.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaOn set, if he catches an actor or actress yawning, he forces them to pay him a dollar. After production, he donates all the proceeds to "The Make a Wish Foundation".
- Quotes[on what he learned from his mentor, Gene Kelly] If you didn't understand how to design your choreography for the camera, then you were shortchanging yourself and would never come to fully realize your worth. It would have meant very little if I hadn't come to understand technically how to put the work up.
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