Jeff Kanew

Directing
BirthdayDec 16, 1944 (81 year old)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
GenderMale

​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

Armadillo

Oct 8, 1968

Armadillo

Oct 8, 1968

Acting


Participated in 17 movies, 2 TV series



2009

Director, Editor, Producer


2007


2005

Producer, Director, Editor



2003

Director, Editor


1994


1991

Director


1989


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