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Jeff Kanew

Jeff Kanew

Directing Born Dec 16, 1944 · 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) capturi...

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Revenge of the Nerds
6.5
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Revenge of the Nerds
Director
1984
Ordinary People
7.4
movie
Ordinary People
Editor
1980
Troop Beverly Hills
5.7
movie
Troop Beverly Hills
Director
1989
Touched by an Angel
7.2
tv
Touched by an Angel
Director
1994
Gotcha!
5.9
movie
Gotcha!
Director
1985
Tough Guys
6.0
movie
Tough Guys
Director
1986
V.I. Warshawski
4.7
movie
V.I. Warshawski
Director
1991
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
3.9
movie
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Director
2011
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
tv
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Writer
1985
Adam and Eve
3.9
movie
Adam and Eve
Producer
2005
Eddie Macon's Run
5.8
movie
Eddie Macon's Run
Director
1983
Natural Enemies
6.1
movie
Natural Enemies
Director
1979