Zach Woodlee is an American choreographer and dancer. He is currently choreographer and co-producer of the TV series Glee

Glee (TV series)

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...

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Early life and education

Zachary Vinson Woodlee was born April 27, 1977 in Mesquite, Texas

Mesquite, Texas

Mesquite is a city located within the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 139,824.-History:The city was founded May 22, 1873, by a Texas & Pacific Railway engineer who purchased land along the Texas & Pacific line outside of Dallas...

. He graduated from Poteet High School

Poteet High School (Mesquite, Texas)

Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School is located at 3300 Poteet Drive in Mesquite, Texas. It opened in 1986 and is named for a former school superintendent, Dr. Ralph H. Poteet. It is the fourth high school built by the Mesquite Independent School District....

 in Mesquite and attended University of North Texas

University of North Texas

The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...

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Career

He was a back-up dancer for Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 in her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour.

Trivia

In 2001, Woodlee made an appearance in Buffy the Vampire Slayer sixth season (episode 7) as the demon of dance.

Filmography

As choreographer:

• Hairspray
  Hairspray (2007 film)
  Hairspray is a 2007 musical film produced by Kolaja Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema. It was released in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2007. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John...
  
  (2007)
• 27 Dresses
  27 Dresses
  27 Dresses is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Aline Brosh McKenna. The film stars Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. The film was released January 10, 2008 in Australia and opened in the United States on January 18....
  
  (2008)
• Bedtime Stories
  Bedtime Stories (film)
  Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American family-fantasy-comedy film directed by Adam Shankman that stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a family-oriented film...
  
  (2008)
• Eli Stone
  Eli Stone
  Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
  
  (2008)
• Fired Up!
  Fired Up (film)
  Fired Up! is a 2009 teen comedy film produced and directed by Will Gluck and written by Freedom Jones. The main plot revolves around two popular high school football players who create their lie to attend cheerleading camp for the summer and get close to its female cheerleaders.-Plot:Nick Brady...
  
  (2009)
• Glee
  Glee (TV series)
  Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
  
  (2009)
• How I Met Your Mother (2010)
• Starstruck
  Starstruck (2010 film)
  Starstruck is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Sterling Knight and Danielle Campbell. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)

As himself:

• I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
  I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
  I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is the title of an American documentary film that follows pop singer Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour. It premiered on MTV on October 21, 2005 and was released commercially in a CD+DVD package on June 20, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records...
  
  (2005)
• The Glee Project
  The Glee Project
  The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011...
  
  (2011)