Education
Longinus started out as a dancer in Hindi cinema in early 1990s, which paved way for work as assistant choreographer, soon he graduated to choreographing independently with film, Dil Ka Doctor (1995).
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Longinus Fernandes
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Longinus Fernandes is an Indian choreographer and dancer, who won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award in 2009; and internationally he is most known as the choreographer of the closing credits dance sequence featuring Academy Award for Best Original Song winning song, Jai Ho and another featuring O.
Career
Saya, also nominated in the same category, in the film. He has also choreographed music videos like, Baba Sehgal"s Balle Balle Ho Gai and Adnan Sami"s Lift Kara De. In 2008, he choreographed two songs in the film Slumdog Millionaire, O.
Saya and Jai Ho, which were shot at Lion"s Gate, Essel World and the Central Standard Time station in Mumbai, with scores of dancers.
In February 2009, he also started work on Bollywood Hero, a three-part international miniseries". Longinus was also awarded the prestigious "Fred Astaire Award" (2009) in New York for best film choreography (Slumdog Millionaire).
He was also the choreographer for the opening of "So You Think You Can Dance-Canada" (for three consecutive years 2009, 2010 & 2011).
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Filmfare the Filmfare Best Choreography Award; Academy award; Fred Astaire Award Best Film 2009: Filmfare Best Choreography Award: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na – Pappu Can't Dance Saala 2009: Fred Astaire Award Best Film Choreography : Slumdog Millionaire – Jai HoFilmfare the Filmfare Best Choreography Award; Academy award; Fred Astaire Award Best Film 2009: Filmfare Best Choreography Award: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na – Pappu Can't Dance Saala 2009: Fred Astaire Award Best Film Choreography : Slumdog Millionaire – Jai Ho