Jeffrey Hornaday

{{short description|American choreographer and film director}}

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| nationality = American

| other_names = Jeffrey D. Hornaday, Jeff Hornaday

| occupation = Director, choreographer

| known_for = A Chorus Line, Teen Beach Movie

| partner = Lesley Ann Warren (1977–1985)

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Jeffrey Hornaday is an American choreographer and film director.{{cite web|last=Schildhause |first=Chloe |title=The Man Behind Flashdance Makes Disney Kids Shake |url=http://www.flaunt.com/people/jeffrey-hornaday/ |publisher=Flaunt Magazine |access-date=August 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725013741/http://www.flaunt.com/people/jeffrey-hornaday/ |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Marc|title=Director's Chair: Jeffrey Hornaday - Disney's 'Teen Beach Movie'|url=http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2013/July-1-2013/Directors-Chair-Jeffrey-Hornaday-Disneys-Teen-Be.aspx|publisher=Post Magazine|accessdate=August 14, 2013}} He has choreographed films such as Flashdance, Dick Tracy, Captain Eo and A Chorus Line .{{cite news|title=Choreographer tested by movie 'Chorus Line'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jLgmAAAAIBAJ&pg=3069,3081937&dq=jeffrey-hornaday&hl=en|accessdate=August 14, 2013|newspaper=The Miami News|date=December 11, 1985}}{{cite news|last=Bentley|first=Rick|title=Disney Channel's latest musical is 'Teen Beach Movie'|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/17/4170968/disney-channels-latest-musical.html|accessdate=August 14, 2013|newspaper=Fresno Bee|date=July 17, 2013}}

Hornaday was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for his direction of the 2011 Disney Channel original movie Geek Charming. He received a second Directors Guild of America Award nomination for his direction of Disney's 2013 movie Teen Beach Movie which is the highest viewed non-sequel movie in cable television history.{{cite book|last=Goldberg|first=Danny|title=Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business|year=2009|publisher=Gotham|isbn=978-1592404834|pages=152–153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh_qQxyMmPIC&q=%22Jeffrey+Hornaday%22+%22Stand+Back%22&pg=PT102}} In 2003 he 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.{{cite web|title=2003 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/69818/2003-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=August 14, 2013}} Hornaday has also directed multiple world tours for entertainers such as Madonna and Paul McCartney.{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Lucy|title=Madonna: Like an Icon|year=2008|publisher=It Books|isbn=978-0061856822|page=383|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9Gg9zNzxfEC&q=%22Jeffrey+Hornaday%22+%22Madonna%22&pg=PA383}} Hornaday created specialized marketing campaigns for companies such as Sony and Nike, and has served as creative director for events featuring President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama.{{Cite web |url=http://www.plumbagoproductions.com/events/event_intel_obama.html |title=Plumbago Productions {{!}} White House Press Event |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003324/http://www.plumbagoproductions.com/events/event_intel_obama.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.plumbagoproductions.com/index.html |title=Plumbago Productions {{!}} San Francisco Media Productions {{!}} Event Productions |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906133726/http://www.plumbagoproductions.com/index.html |url-status=dead }}