Jeffrey Hornaday

Jeffrey Hornaday

Born: May 3, 1956
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Jeffrey Hornaday is an American choreographer and film director.

Hornaday's choreography credits include the films Flashdance, A Chorus Line, Dick Tracy, D.C. Cab, Romancing the Stone, Tango & Cash, Life Stinks, Carlito's Way, Sweet Jane, and Neil Simon's The Marrying Man. He also choreographed the Michael Jackson film Captain EO featured at Disney theme parks, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas.

Hornaday directed music videos for artists that include Stevie Nicks, and was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography for adapting his dance routines from Flashdance for Jennifer Lopez in her music video I'm Glad.

Hornaday staged and directed the Who's That Girl and The Girlie Show world tours for Madonna. He also worked with Paul McCartney in creating multiple world tours. Other artists for which he staged and directed world tours include Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Lionel Richie, Backstreet Boys and Reba McEntire.

Hornaday conceived and directed Z Tour starring The White Stripes, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Puddle of Mudd, Train, Eve, Dashboard Confessional, 311, Devo, and Stone Temple Pilots for a Nissan national marketing campaign.

Hornaday created specialized marketing campaigns for companies that include Sony, Intel, Lexus, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Honda, and Nike.

Hornaday was creative director for events featuring President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama.

As a film director, Hornaday helmed segments of the CBS Summer Playhouse and the ABC Afterschool Special series and the John Travolta feature Shout, in which he cast Gwyneth Paltrow in her first screen role.

Hornaday attended Yale University.

Movies for Jeffrey Hornaday...

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable
Title: Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable
Character: Himself
Released: May 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Streets of Fire.
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Double Switch
Title: Double Switch
Character: Choreographer
Released: January 25, 1987
Type: Movie
Teeny bopper rock star Bart Holton is pushed around by his manager for maximum profit and longs for a normal life. Through a look-alike contest he meets Matt, a student who looks exactly like him and can imitate his dancing style perfectly. Bart proposes to switch roles for a week. At first Matt enjoys being chased by hysterical groupies and Bart enjoys hitting on the highschool girls, but of course both learn quickly that the other's life is quite different from what they'd expected.
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The Making of Captain EO
Title: The Making of Captain EO
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 1986
Type: Movie
Documentary of the making of Michael Jackson's Captain EO film for the Disney theme parks.
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Title: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Character: Aggie
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a fight.