Jeff Kanew
Directing
- Born
- December 16, 1944 (age 81) · New York City, New York, USA
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Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is an American film director, writer and editor who early in his career made trailers for many films of the '70s and is probably best known for directing the film Revenge of the Nerds (1984).
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Kanew directed Tough Guys (1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. He also directed Douglas in 1983's Eddie Macon's Run and both the stage and film productions of Douglas' autobiographical one-man show Before I Forget (2009).
Kanew also directed the documentary Black Rodeo (1972) capturing the events surrounding the first ever performance of an all black rodeo in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City.
Jeff Kanew's son, Justin Kanew, is a reality show contestant from season 15 and season 18 of "The Amazing Race".
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Known for
Revenge of the Nerds
July 20, 1984
Ordinary People
September 19, 1980
Troop Beverly Hills
March 24, 1989
Gotcha!
May 3, 1985
Tough Guys
October 3, 1986
V.I. Warshawski
July 26, 1991
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
August 5, 2011
Adam and Eve
November 4, 2005
Eddie Macon's Run
March 23, 1983
Natural Enemies
November 1, 1979
The Wicked Die Slow
October 8, 1968
Babiy Yar
July 3, 2003
Behind the camera17
- 2015Counting for Thunder Editor
- 2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Director, Editor
- 2009Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget Director, Editor, Producer
- 2007Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy Editor, Co-Producer
- 2005Adam and Eve Producer, Director, Editor
- 2005Nadine in Dateland Editor
- 2003Babiy Yar Director, Editor
- 1991V.I. Warshawski Director
- 1989Troop Beverly Hills Director
- 1986