- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Jeff Kanew
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, licen…
Filmography
movieCounting for Thunder
2015 · Editor
movieNational Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011 · Director, Editor
movieKirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009 · Director, Editor, Producer
movieYippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2007 · Editor, Co-Producer
movieAdam and Eve
2005 · Producer, Director, Editor
movieNadine in Dateland
2005 · Editor
movieBabiy Yar
2003 · Director, Editor
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Director
movieV.I. Warshawski
1991 · Director
movieTroop Beverly Hills
1989 · Director
movieTough Guys
1986 · Director
tvThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Director, Writer
movieGotcha!
1985 · Director
movieRevenge of the Nerds
1984 · Director
movieEddie Macon's Run
1983 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieOrdinary People
1980 · Editor
movieNatural Enemies
1979 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieBlack Rodeo
1972 · Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
movieThe Wicked Die Slow
1968 · Armadillo, Screenplay