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Jeff Kanew

Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Actor
Born December 16, 1944 (79 years)
​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".

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Known For
  • Revenge of the Nerds
  • Troop Beverly Hills
  • Gotcha!
  • Tough Guys
  • V.I. Warshawski
  • The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
  • Adam and Eve
  • Eddie Macon's Run
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Natural Enemies
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  • Babij Jar
  • Black Rodeo
  • The Stand Up Doll
  • The Wicked Die Slow

Filmography

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