Jeff Kanew

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-12-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jeff Kanew

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 performan...

Acting

1968

Production

1972

Black Rodeo

as Producer

1972

Black Rodeo

as Editor

1986

Tough Guys

as Director

1989

1985

Gotcha!

as Director

1983

1983

Eddie Macon's Run

as Screenplay

1991

V.I. Warshawski

as Director

1984

1979

Natural Enemies

as Director

1968

The Wicked Die Slow

as Screenplay

1972

Black Rodeo

as Director

1972

Black Rodeo

as Writer

2003

Babiy Yar

as Director

1979

2005

1979

Natural Enemies

as Screenplay

1980

1983

2005

Adam and Eve

as Producer

2005

Adam and Eve

as Editor

2005

Adam and Eve

as Director

2003

Babiy Yar

as Editor

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