Directing
Jeff Kanew
Born December 16, 1944 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
6.6
Revenge of the Nerds
Director
7.7
Ordinary People
Editor
6.2
Touched by an Angel
Director
6.0
Troop Beverly Hills
Director
6.2
Gotcha!
Director
6.3
Tough Guys
Director
5.0
V.I. Warshawski
Director
4.2
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Director, Editor
7.7
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director, Writer
4.4
Adam and Eve
Producer, Director, Editor
5.6
Eddie Macon's Run
Director, Screenplay, Editor
7.0
Natural Enemies
Director, Editor, Screenplay
3.6 TMDB
The Wicked Die Slow
Armadillo, Screenplay
7.7
Boorman and the Devil
Self
6.3
Babiy Yar
Director, Editor
7.3 TMDB
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Director, Editor, Producer
6.0 TMDB
Nadine in Dateland
Editor
6.2
Counting for Thunder
Editor
6.9
Black Rodeo
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
7.2
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Editor, Co-Producer
Filmography
- 2026Boorman and the DevilSelfMovie
- 2015Counting for ThunderEditorMovie
- 2011National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest MaximusDirector, EditorMovie
- 2009Kirk Douglas: Before I ForgetDirector, Editor, ProducerMovie
- 2007Yippee: A Journey to Jewish JoyEditor, Co-ProducerMovie
- 2005Adam and EveProducer, Director, EditorMovie
- 2005Nadine in DatelandEditorMovie
- 2003Babiy YarDirector, EditorMovie
- 1994Touched by an AngelDirectorSeries
- 1991V.I. WarshawskiDirectorMovie
- 1989Troop Beverly HillsDirectorMovie
- 1986Tough GuysDirectorMovie
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirector, WriterSeries
- 1985Gotcha!DirectorMovie
- 1984Revenge of the NerdsDirectorMovie
- 1983Eddie Macon's RunDirector, Screenplay, EditorMovie
- 1980Ordinary PeopleEditorMovie
- 1979Natural EnemiesDirector, Editor, ScreenplayMovie
- 1972Black RodeoProducer, Editor, Director, WriterMovie
- 1968The Wicked Die SlowArmadillo, ScreenplayMovie