Jeff Kanew
Directing

Jeff Kanew

Born 1944-12-16 · 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

Ordinary People★ 7.4
Ordinary People
1980
Revenge of the Nerds★ 6.4
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
Troop Beverly Hills★ 5.7
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus★ 3.8
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2011
Gotcha!★ 5.9
Gotcha!
1985
Tough Guys★ 5.9
Tough Guys
1986
V.I. Warshawski★ 4.8
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Eddie Macon's Run★ 5.9
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
Adam and Eve★ 4
Adam and Eve
2005
Natural Enemies★ 6
Natural Enemies
1979
The Wicked Die Slow★ 3.8
The Wicked Die Slow
1968
Counting for Thunder★ 5
Counting for Thunder
2015
Babiy Yar
Babiy Yar
2003
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
2007