Directing
Jeff Kanew
EN, DE cinema · 18 credits
Born
16 December 1944 (age 81)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Director, Editor
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Director, Editor, Producer
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Editor, Co-Producer
Adam and Eve
Producer, Director, Editor
Babiy Yar
Director, Editor
V.I. Warshawski
Director
Troop Beverly Hills
Director
Tough Guys
Director
Gotcha!
Director
Revenge of the Nerds
Director
Eddie Macon's Run
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Natural Enemies
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Black Rodeo
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
The Wicked Die Slow
as Armadillo, Screenplay