Kenny Ortega
whodat
fri 9/7/2007
Kenneth John Ortega is the director, choreographer and driving force behind one of the most successful franchises in recent TV and music history: Disney's High School Musical. The 57-year-old Ortega is responsible for some of the most memorable dance sequences of the last 25 years: Madonna's video for Material Girl, the dancing in Dirty Dancing, and the parade scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Add choreography credits for Super Bowl XXX's halftime show, the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and tours by Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson and Barbara Streisand, and it's easy to see why Ortega is the go-to guy for extra-extravaganzas.
Born in 1950, Ortega started performing in plays and musicals at age 13 in his hometown of Redwood City, California. By age 16, his aunt was driving him down to L.A. on a regular basis so he could audition for musicals, eventually landing a role in the psychedelic classic Hair. In the mid-'70s, Cher invited Ortega to choreograph her TV special after seeing his work with new wave San Francisco band The Tubes. He made his name with music videos and movies in the 80s before getting offered a directing gig with Disney in the early 90's. The cheezy Newsies, Ortega's directorial debut and first movie musical, failed to make a dent in the box office, but his next feature, Hocus Pocus was well-received. Ortega then jumped to directing TV with episodes of Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope and Gilmore Girls. His second made-for-TV movie, The Cheetah Girls 2, set in Spain and featuring Mexican pop star Belinda, was both a critical and commercial success for Disney, for whom he famously launched the High School Musical juggernaut.
Earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter recognized Ortega as one of 50 Latino power players. While Ortega's Latino heritage is rarely on display, he has received numerous awards from Hispanic organizations and readily admits it helped make him who he is today: “[t]he food, the music, the people, it shaped who I am… I wasn't born in Mexico or Spain but I certainly sucked it up."
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HI lov3 HIGH SCHOL MUSICAL & HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2
C@ndie
(little rock)
9/8/2007
Hey, Kenny
This is on behave of all of EAST HIGH, oh ya remember the school that you used for the movie. You used our school and did not even bother to come and say hello to the students at EAST HIGH, which is in SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH (NOT IN NEW MEXICO). You used our school which now made you bigger than ever, we kids at East High have tried to reach you for our own production, THE ORIGIONAL EAST HIGH:
will present High School Musical.
which is Better than any other school yet ever done. Kenny we, ON BEHAVE OF THE STUDENTS AT """EAST HIGH""".you broke our spirits to believe!
EAST HIGH
(Salt Lake City)
10/25/2007
PLEASE SPREAD THIS AROUND
EAST HIGH
(Salt Lake City)
10/25/2007
hi sr keny ortega i^m from peru i like very much your work i will like to learn oof you i love high school musical it^s my faforite film
karen milagros
(lima- peru)
2/14/2008
I love highSchool musical 2
Ruby
(Los angeles)
9/28/2007
I love Zack efron..... lucky Vanesa
Ruby
(Los angeles)
9/28/2007
Sr. Kenny
Le saluda Juan Andres Illescas, de Quito - Ecuador, de 18 años de edad! Primeramente le felicito por sus maravillosas peliculas que ha producido! le admiro mucho, tiene una gran creatividad y estilo! y bueno, mi comentario para usted es que de la manera mas coordial ruego que me permita la oportunidad de poder participar en una de sus peliculas ya que mi sueño es de ser actor! y tengo el s
ueño y la esperanza que udsted me podria ayudar con eso!!
Soy un chico muy creativo, activo, habil, emprendedor, que le gusta el deporte, he ganado varias competencias de natacion y de volley, me gusta tambien el cine y el teatro, en el cual he hecho varias obras obteniendo en muchas de ellas el papel de principal, tambien he participado en uno de los mejores desfiles de mi pais, ya que he sido elegido por: MODELS, para participar en sus desfiles en el cual desfilan ropa de los mejores diseñadores ecuatorianos! sinceramente me gustaria ser parte de su familia, ya que mi mayor anhelo es el de ser actor!! me gustaria saber si ustedes me pueden ayudar para poder salir en sus peliculas, porfavor comunicarse a mi email: illes19@***,.com para cualquier informacion!!
me despido enviandoles un gran saludo!
att: juan andres
gracias!!!
JUAN ANDRES
(QUiTO - ECUADOR)
9/25/2007
I really want to audition for something that you are directing.
Jasmine Hogan
1/23/2008
i love him i would to learn a dance from him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amanda gomez
(brownsville tx.)
9/8/2007
Oh yeah this guy...
Jorge C
mon 1/12 1:57am
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