Ken Kwapis (born August 17, 1957, East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed popular feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.
Ken Kwapis was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and grew up in neighboring Belleville. Kwapis attended the Jesuit preparatory academy St. Louis Unive...
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Ken Kwapis (born August 17, 1957, East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed popular feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.
Ken Kwapis was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and grew up in neighboring Belleville. Kwapis attended the Jesuit preparatory academy St. Louis University High School. He earned a Bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University's School of Speech, after which he traveled west to enroll in the M.F.A. program at the USC School of Cinema-Television. Kwapis’ twenty-four minute thesis film, For Heaven's Sake, won the Student Academy Award in 1982. The film is a contemporary adaptation of Mozart's one-act opera, The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor).
In 1983, Kwapis directed Revenge of the Nerd for CBS’ "Afternoon Playhouse," followed by Summer Switch for ABC’s "Afterschool Special." Starring...
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