Born 1944 (age 81) · New York City, New York, USA
Appears in 19 titles

​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.

Filmography

Revenge of the Nerds
6.5
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
Director
Troop Beverly Hills
5.7
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
Director
Gotcha!
5.9
Gotcha!
1985
Director
Tough Guys
6.0
Tough Guys
1986
Director
V.I. Warshawski
4.8
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Director
Adam and Eve
4.0
Adam and Eve
2005
Director
Eddie Macon's Run
5.9
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
Director
Natural Enemies
6.2
Natural Enemies
1979
Director
Babiy Yar
4.5
Babiy Yar
2003
Director
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Black Rodeo
9.0
Black Rodeo
1972
Director