Person Details

Birthday: 1944-12-16 17:32:21

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Touched by an Angel
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7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Director
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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7
Revenge of the Nerds
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6

Revenge of the Nerds

(1984) Director
Ordinary People
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7

Ordinary People

(1980) Editor
Troop Beverly Hills
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6

Troop Beverly Hills

(1989) Director
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
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4
Tough Guys
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6

Tough Guys

(1986) Director
Eddie Macon's Run
Average
6

Eddie Macon's Run

(1983) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1968 Armadillo
Year Character Movie/Tv

Editing

Directing

Production

Writing


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