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Jeff Kanew
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 m…
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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.
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2015
Counting for Thunder
Movie Editor
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2011
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Movie Director
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2009
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Movie Director
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2007
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Movie Editor
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2005
Adam and Eve
Movie Producer
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2005
Nadine in Dateland
Movie Editor
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2003
Babiy Yar
Movie Director
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1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show Director
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1991
V.I. Warshawski
Movie Director
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1989
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie Director
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1986
Tough Guys
Movie Director
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1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Director
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1985
Gotcha!
Movie Director
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1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Movie Director
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1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Movie Director
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1980
Ordinary People
Movie Editor
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1979
Natural Enemies
Movie Director
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1972
Black Rodeo
Movie Producer
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1968
The Wicked Die Slow
Movie Armadillo
