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Ken Kwapis

Film Director / Television Director / Screenwriter | * 08/17/1957 (66) | Belleville, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Kenneth William Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and author. He specialized in the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed feature films such as Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ...

Big Miracle

PG

2012 | 3.3/5 | 1h 47min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends. ...

A Walk in the Woods

R

2015 | 3.0/5 | 1h 44min
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," ...

HAPPYish

TV-MA

2015 | 3.4/5 | 30min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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This semi-autobiographical dark comedy starring Tig Notaro follows her as she returns to her hometown after the sudden death of her mother. Still reeling from her own declining health problems, Tig st ...

One Mississippi

TV-14

2016 | 3.7/5 | 25min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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Movies with Ken Kwapis as Actor(1)

as himself2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Movies with Ken Kwapis as Crew(18)

Directing/Director2023 The Shaggs
Production/Producer2023 The Shaggs
Directing/Director2023 Thelma
Directing/Director2015 A Walk in the Woods
Directing/Director2012 Big Miracle
Directing/Director2009 He's Just Not That Into You
Directing/Director2007 License to Wed
Directing/Director2005 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Directing/Director2005 Sexual Life
Writing/Writer2005 Sexual Life
Directing/Director1999 Border Line
Directing/Director1998 Noah
Directing/Director1997 The Beautician and the Beast
Directing/Director1996 Dunston Checks In
Directing/Director1991 He Said, She Said
Directing/Director1988 Vibes
Directing/Director1985 The Beniker Gang
Directing/Director1985 Sesame Street: Follow That Bird

TV Shows/Series with Ken Kwapis as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2020 #blackAF
Directing/Director2020 Space Force
Production/Executive Producer2020 Space Force
Directing/Director2018 The Dangerous Book for Boys
Directing/Director2017 Santa Clarita Diet
Directing/Director2016 One Mississippi
Directing/Director2015 HAPPYish
Directing/Director2010 Outsourced
Production/Producer2010 Outsourced
Directing/Director2009 Parks and Recreation
Directing/Director2005 The Office
Production/Producer2005 The Office
Directing/Director2002 Watching Ellie
Production/Producer2001 The Bernie Mac Show
Directing/Director2001 The Bernie Mac Show
Directing/Director2001 Grounded for Life
Directing/Director2000 Malcolm in the Middle
Production/Producer2000 Malcolm in the Middle
Directing/Director1999 Freaks and Geeks
Directing/Director1994 ER
Directing/Director1993 Bakersfield P.D.
Directing/Director1992 The Larry Sanders Show
Directing/Director1991 Eerie, Indiana
Directing/Director1985 Amazing Stories

Full Name: Ken Kwapis
Born: Saturday, 08/17 1957 (August) in Belleville, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 66 years + 253 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: USC School of Cinematic Arts, Northwestern University School of Communication, St. Louis University High School
Spouses (current/former): Marisa Silver
Other names for Ken Kwapis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Кен Куопис"
Ken Kwapis frequently works together with these people:
Greg Daniels (11x, Crew)
Steve Carell (10x, Actor)
Paul Lieberstein (9x, Crew)
Michael Schur (9x, Crew)
Michael Patrick McGill (8x, Actor)
Todd Holland (8x, Crew)
Paul Feig (7x, Crew)
Larry Wilmore (7x, Actor)
Lydia Woodward (7x, Crew)
Bryan Cranston (6x, Actor)
Tom Virtue (6x, Actor)
John Bailey (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10146, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024