Jeff Kanew

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Jeff Kanew (born December 16, 1944 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American film director , screenwriter and film editor .

Life

Jeff Kanew studied at Columbia University and already worked during this time at United Artists in the trailer department, where he B. helped design trailers for the final exam or asphalt cowboy . In 1966 he opened his own production company Utopia Productions . In 1971 he directed his first film, the documentary Black Rodeo, about a rodeo in New York's Harlem neighborhood , and received positive reviews. In 1977 Kanew sold Utopia Productions to fund his first feature film, Natural Enemies , which appeared in 1979. Soon afterwards, actor Robert Redford approached him and asked him to cut his directorial debut A Very Normal Family (1980). Two years later he wrote the screenplay and directed his second film Kopfjagd . In 1984 his film The Revenge of the Egg Heads came to US cinemas and - although financed on a small budget - was a success. A year later he was doing another comedy. Gotcha! - However, one crazy trip wasn't as successful at the box office as its predecessor. In the same year he directed an episode for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents crime series entitled Night Fever . In 1986, the rogue comedy Archie and Harry - You Can't Leave It, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading roles. In 1989 and 1991 the two comedies Die Wilde von Beverly Hills with Shelley Long and VI Warshawski - Detective in Silk Stockings with Kathleen Turner , appeared, both of which were unsuccessful. In 2000 and 2001 he directed three episodes of the series A Breath of Heaven . In 2003 he was the film Babi Yar - The forgotten crime at the murder of 33,771 Jews in the ravine Babi Yar in Kiev , that of Artur Brauner company Central Cinema Company was produced. Two years later, the romantic comedy Adam and Eve appeared with Cameron Douglas and Emmanuelle Chriqui in the leading roles.

Filmography (as a director)

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personal data
SURNAME Kanew, Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, screenwriter and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City