Jeff Kanew

Jeff Kanew

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

New York City, New York, USA
December 16, 1944

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.

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Representative Works

Ordinary People
Ordinary People
7.4
/ English
V.I. Warshawski
V.I. Warshawski
4.8
/ English
Tough Guys
Tough Guys
6.0
/ English
Troop Beverly Hills
Troop Beverly Hills
5.7
/ English
Gotcha!
Gotcha!
5.9
/ English
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
4.0
/ English
Black Rodeo
Black Rodeo
9.0
/ English
Eddie Macon's Run
Eddie Macon's Run
5.9
/ English
Nadine in Dateland
Nadine in Dateland
6.0
/ English
Natural Enemies
Natural Enemies
6.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Ordinary People
1980Nominee

Best Performance

Ordinary People

V.I. Warshawski
1991Nominee

Best Director

V.I. Warshawski

Revenge of the Nerds
1984Nominee

Best Director

Revenge of the Nerds

Career Highlights

Tough Guys
1986Highlight

Best Director

Tough Guys

Troop Beverly Hills
1989Highlight

Best Director

Troop Beverly Hills

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