Kenny Ortega, the director of Disney Channel franchises High School Musical and Descendants, has returned to Paradigm for representation.

Having left A3 Artists Agency after it shut down, Ortega found his way back to the Hollywood talent agency by way of Paradigm partner and head of the New York office Jack Tantleff, and Paradigm managing partner Andrew Ruf.

Ortegas film and TV directing and choreography work in the family and kids musical space includes 1992s Newsies, the original Dirty Dancing, Hocus Pocus, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Xanadu and the High School Musical franchise, for which he earned an Emmy for choreography. He has directed and choreographed music videos, live TV and live concert performances for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Cher, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand, Dianna Ross, Mick Jagger, Gloria Estefan, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, The Pointer Sisters, KISS and The Jonas Brothers.

In 2019, Netflix plucked Ortega away from the Disney Channel to sign a multiple-year overall deal with the streaming giant, and with Auntie Clausand the tween musicalJulie and the Phantomsamong his first projects. That overall deal with Netflix is no longer in place and Ortega is a free agent.

Ortega signed with A3 Artists Agency in mid-2020 after first being represented by Paradigm. He continues to be represented by attorney Barry Littman at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs Fox, L.L.P.