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Jeff Kanew (b. 1944)

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
December 16, 1944

Biography from TheMovieDB

​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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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy

Director:
1972  Black Rodeo
1979  Natural Enemies
1983  Eddie Macon's Run
1984  Revenge of the Nerds
1985  Gotcha!
1986  Tough Guys
1989  Troop Beverly Hills
1991  V.I. Warshawski
2003  Babiy Yar
2005  Adam and Eve
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009  Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2011  National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

Editor:
1972  Black Rodeo
1979  Natural Enemies
1980  Ordinary People
1983  Eddie Macon's Run
1984  Revenge of the Nerds
1985  Gotcha!
1986  Tough Guys
1989  Troop Beverly Hills
1991  V.I. Warshawski
2003  Babiy Yar
2005  Adam and Eve
2005  Nadine in Dateland
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009  Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2011  National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2015  Counting for Thunder

Producer:
1972  Black Rodeo
1979  Natural Enemies
1980  Ordinary People
1983  Eddie Macon's Run
1984  Revenge of the Nerds
1985  Gotcha!
1986  Tough Guys
1989  Troop Beverly Hills
1991  V.I. Warshawski
2003  Babiy Yar
2005  Adam and Eve
2005  Nadine in Dateland
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009  Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2011  National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2015  Counting for Thunder

Screenplay:
1968  The Wicked Die Slow
1972  Black Rodeo
1979  Natural Enemies
1980  Ordinary People
1983  Eddie Macon's Run
1984  Revenge of the Nerds
1985  Gotcha!
1986  Tough Guys
1989  Troop Beverly Hills
1991  V.I. Warshawski
2003  Babiy Yar
2005  Adam and Eve
2005  Nadine in Dateland
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009  Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2011  National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2015  Counting for Thunder

Writer:
1968  The Wicked Die Slow
1972  Black Rodeo
1979  Natural Enemies
1980  Ordinary People
1983  Eddie Macon's Run
1984  Revenge of the Nerds
1985  Gotcha!
1986  Tough Guys
1989  Troop Beverly Hills
1991  V.I. Warshawski
2003  Babiy Yar
2005  Adam and Eve
2005  Nadine in Dateland
2007  Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2009  Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2011  National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2015  Counting for Thunder

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TV Production

Director:
1985  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1994  Touched by an Angel

Writer:
1985  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1994  Touched by an Angel

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