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Directing
Gender
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December 16, 1944 (81 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
Jeff Kanew
Biography
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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).
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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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Known For
Directing
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
Director, Editor
2011
Adam and Eve
Producer, Editor, Director
2005
Touched by an Angel
Director
1994
V.I. Warshawski
Director
1991
Troop Beverly Hills
Director
1989
Tough Guys
Director
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director, Writer
1985
Gotcha!
Director
1985
Revenge of the Nerds
Director
1984
Eddie Macon's Run
Director, Screenplay, Editor
1983
Ordinary People
Editor
1980
Natural Enemies
Director, Editor, Screenplay
1979