Jeff Kanew

Jeff Kanew

79 · Born: Dec 16, 1944

Personal Details

Born Dec 16, 1944 New York City, New York, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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). 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Kanew, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

1968
The Wicked Die Slow
The Wicked Die Slow as Armadillo
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1968
The Wicked Die Slow
The Wicked Die Slow as Screenplay
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2011
The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
The Legend of Awesomest Maximus as Director
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2009
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget as Director
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2005
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve as Director
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1991
V.I. Warshawski
V.I. Warshawski as Director
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1989
Troop Beverly Hills
Troop Beverly Hills as Director
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1986
Tough Guys
Tough Guys as Director
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1985
Gotcha!
Gotcha! as Director
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1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds as Director
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1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Eddie Macon's Run as Director, Screenplay
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1979
Natural Enemies
Natural Enemies as Director, Screenplay
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1972
Black Rodeo
Black Rodeo as Director, Writer
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