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Ken Kwapis
Director 68 years old

Ken Kwapis

East St. Louis, Illinois, USA

Ken Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He specialized in the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.

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11 titles
A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Ken Kwapis 2015 1h 44m 7.0

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.

Big Miracle

Big Miracle

Ken Kwapis 2012 1h 47m 5.5

In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

He's Just Not That Into You

He's Just Not That Into You

Ken Kwapis 2009 2h 9m 5.9

Tells the stories of a group of 20 and 30 somethings as they navigate their various relationships.

License to Wed

License to Wed

Ken Kwapis 2007 1h 31m 5.1

Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ken Kwapis 2005 1h 59m 7.3

Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.

Sexual Life

Sexual Life

Ken Kwapis 2005 1h 36m 5.0

Disparate individuals rationalize their infidelities.

The Beautician and the Beast

The Beautician and the Beast

Ken Kwapis 1997 1h 45m 6.0

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In

Ken Kwapis 1996 1h 28m 3.5

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver 1991 1h 55m 5.7

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show.

Vibes

Vibes

Ken Kwapis 1988 1h 39m 6.0

Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan territory where they discover an ancient mystical secret, and each other.

Follow That Bird

Follow That Bird

Ken Kwapis 1985 1h 28m 6.0

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

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