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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.
Director: Revenge of the Nerds. Jeff Kanew was born on 16 December 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an editor and director, known for Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Eddie Macon's Run (1983) and Natural Enemies (1979).
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Jul 26, 2019 · When it came out in the summer of 1984, Jeff Kanew’s comedy was a feel-good revenge story about plucky antiheroes who wanted to make the world safe for oppressed weirdos everywhere. Now, the...
- Welton Academy is fictional. The fictional Welton Academy is in Vermont, but Welton was based upon screenwriter Tom Schulman's experience attending Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee (via Montgomery Bell Academy).
- John Keating was based upon Schulman's professors. As Tom Schulman revealed in an interview with Montgomery Bell Academy, he first began working on the script that evolved into "Dead Poets Society" while attending the Actors and Directors Lab in Los Angeles.
- Different actors and directors were originally attached to the project. Jeff Kanew was the original director attached to "Dead Poets Society." Mel Gibson was offered the role of Keating, but ultimately wasn't cast.
- Dead Poets Society was filmed in Delaware. Despite having the fictional setting of Vermont, "Dead Poets Society" was actually the first movie to be filmed entirely in Delaware.
Mar 10, 2016 · But eventually, it hired Jeff Kanew – the director of Revenge Of The Nerds – to helm the movie. If you’re thinking he sounds like an odd choice, then you might just be right. Kanew – not...
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Jeff Kanew. Highest Rated: 89% Ordinary People (1980) Lowest Rated: 14% Troop Beverly Hills (1989) Birthday: Dec 16, 1944. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. Jeff Kanew rose out of...
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.
