Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is an American film
director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his
career made trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best
known for directing the film Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and for
editing Ordinary People.Kanew directed Gotcha! (1985) and Tough Guys
(1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster,
having initially directed Douglas in 1983's Eddie Macon's Run. His
other directorial efforts include Troop Beverly Hills starring Shelley
Long, V.I. Warshawski starring Kathleen Turner, Natural Enemies
starring Hal Holbrook and Louise Fletcher, Babij Jar, a Holocaust
drama, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, several TV episodes, and for the
stage and video versions of the Kirk Douglas 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.
director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his
career made trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best
known for directing the film Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and for
editing Ordinary People.Kanew directed Gotcha! (1985) and Tough Guys
(1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster,
having initially directed Douglas in 1983's Eddie Macon's Run. His
other directorial efforts include Troop Beverly Hills starring Shelley
Long, V.I. Warshawski starring Kathleen Turner, Natural Enemies
starring Hal Holbrook and Louise Fletcher, Babij Jar, a Holocaust
drama, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, several TV episodes, and for the
stage and video versions of the Kirk Douglas 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.
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