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Director, Screenwriter, Choreography, Associate Producer Born: Palo Alto, CA Biography:California-born dancer and choreographer "Kenny Ortega" had stage and television experience before working on his first feature film, "The Rose" (1979) and the "Olivia Newton-John"/"Gene Kelly" disco-era musical "Xanadu" (1980). During the '80s, he was associated with some of the biggest hits of the decade, especially among "youth" movies of the period -- "One from the Heart" (1982), "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (both 1986), and the monster hit "Dirty Dancing" (1987). After co-producing "Salsa" (1988), he turned to directing with "Newsies," the Disney organization's ill-fated 1992 attempt to revive the movie-musical genre, and "Hocus Pocus" (1993). Though Ortega would continue to serve as a choreographer in film and television thought the 1990s (including To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar), his career was geared increasingly towards directing for... Full Biography
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