Ken KwapisFilmography

Occupation:: Director
Biography:: Filmmaker Ken Kwapis has won many awards for his work on television and in feature films. Before launching his career, he studied filmmaking at Northwestern University and in the graduate program at U.S.C., where his diploma film was For Heaven's Sake!, a variation on Mozart's comic opera The...Read More

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He's Just Not That Into You

Crew: Director

Actors: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly

Synopsis: Ken Kwapis' adaptation of Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo's best-selling self-help book He's Just Not That Into You follows the love lives of a dozen or so characters. Ginnifer Goodwin stars as Gigi, a young women attempting to understand the mixed signals she gets from the men she's dating. She Read More

2/6/09
License to Wed

Crew: Director

Actors: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Eric Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor

Synopsis: An engaged young couple finds their lifetime of happiness unexpectedly compromised by a pushy minister who insists they successfully complete his comprehensive marriage-prep course before exchanging wedding vows in a matrimonial comedy starring John Krasinski, Mandy Moore, and Robin Williams. Read More

7/4/07
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Crew: Director

Actors: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Jenna Boyd

Synopsis: Ann Brashares' best-selling novel for young adults comes to the big screen in this engaging comedy drama. Carmen (America Ferrera), Bridget (Blake Lively), Lena (Alexis Bledel), and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) are four teenage girls who have been close friends since they were babies (and even before Read More

6/1/05
The Office [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: The NBC sitcom The Office was based on the British comedy series of the same name, co-created by Ricky Gervais, who in the original series had also starred as David Brent, terminally disingenuous office manager of Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants (Slough Branch). The American version top-billed Steve Carell Read More

2005
The Office: Season 01

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak

Synopsis: The American TV version of the award-winning British sitcom The Office opens by establishing its faux documentary format, as Michael Scott (Steve Carell), regional manager of a branch office of Dunder-Mifflin Paper, jumps through hoops to convince the filmmakers that he presides over a happy Read More

2005
SEXual Life

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Eight loosely connected city dwellers find their lives intersecting through their sexual proclivities in director Ken Kwapis' screen adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's enduring play La Ronde. As the revolving set of bedroom doors spin ever faster, the hopes, fears, truths, and heartaches of those Read More

2004
Watching Ellie [TV Series]

Crew: Co-producer, Director

Actors: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lauren Bowles, Darren Boyd, Steve Carell, Don Lake

Synopsis: Following in the footsteps of her former Seinfeld co-stars Michael Richards and Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred in her own sitcom, Watching Ellie. Created by the star's husband, Brad Hall, the weekly NBC series showcased Louis-Dreyfus as Eleanor "Ellie" Riggs, a moderately successful Read More

2002
Malcolm in the Middle: Water Park

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The family has tickets to a water park, and everyone is thrilled except Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), who has to stay home because of an ear infection. They manage to find a babysitter, Mrs. White (Bea Arthur, who received an Emmy nomination for this role), and head for the park. Reese (Justin Berfield Read More

2000
Malcolm in the Middle: Sleepover

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In the opening bit, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) snaps to restore order while getting a family portrait taken. Stevie (Craig Lamar Traylor) excitedly calls about Malcolm's (Frankie Muniz) impending overnight visit. It takes an effort to get past Lois, who mistakes the asthmatic boy for a crank caller. Read More

2000
Malcolm in the Middle: Rollerskates

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) is forced to play street hockey without skates. As he explains to Stevie (Craig Lamar Traylor), no one in his family can skate until they take lessons from skating fanatic Hal (Bryan Cranston). "He doesn't even call it skating," Malcolm explains, "he calls it 'the Read More

2000
ER: Be Patient

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Still not fully recovered from the vicious attack that seriously injured him and killed Lucy Knight, Carter (Noah Wyle) finds himself face to face with Lucy's mother (Gwynyth Walsh). In other developments, Kovac (Goran Visnjic) commandeers a plumber's truck to rush a hit-and-run victim to the ER. Read More

2000
Freaks and Geeks: Smooching and Mooching

Crew: Director

2000
Freaks and Geeks: Looks and Books

Crew: Director

Synopsis: After she smashes up her father's car, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) extricates herself from the Freak clique, deciding that she's better off with her former best friend, Millie (Sarah Hagen), and the rest of the prim and proper Mathletes. As Lindsay buries herself in her studies, obsessively Read More

2000
ER: Sins of the Fathers

Crew: Director

Synopsis: As the battle of wills between Greene (Anthony Edwards) and attending physician Gabe Lawrence (Alan Alda) continues, Lucy (Kellie Martin) cannot help but notice that Lawrence is more forgetful than he should be. Expectant mother Carol (Julianna Margulies) extends a helping hand to Meg (Martha Plimpton Read More

1999
Border Line

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Executive-produced by actor Anthony Edwards, the made for TV Border Line is a showcase for Edwards' ER costar Sherry Stringfield, cast as attorney and single mom Allison Westlin. As the representive of the LA-based Fuller Adoption Agency, Allison has never had any reason to question the integrity Read More

1999
Freaks and Geeks: Tests and Breasts

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Determined to help the glassy-eyed Daniel (James Franco) pass his algebra test, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) holds an impromptu study session at her house. Feeling a bit mentorly himself, Daniel decides to give Lindsay's sex-ed-frustrated brother Sam (John Daley) some lessons in the reproductive Read More

1999
Noah

Crew: Director

Actors: Tony Danza, Wallace Shawn, Jane Sibbett

Synopsis: In this made-for-television outing, a man's life changes dramatically after an enigmatic stranger shows up and convinces him to build an ark. To complete his bizarre task, the poor fellow must undergo cruel bouts of ostracism from friends and neighbors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
The Beautician and the Beast

Crew: Director

Actors: Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Lisa Jakub

Synopsis: Joy Miller (Fran Drescher) is a beautician who teaches an evening course in hairstyling at a Brooklyn community college. When a cigarette dropped on a wig leads to a fire, Joy saves the lab animals kept in the building and achieves 15 minutes of local notoriety. Grushinsky (Ian McNeice), a Read More

1997
Dunston Checks In

Crew: Director

Actors: Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Graham Sack

Synopsis: A nervous hotel manager has all sorts of monkey business to deal with (actually orangutan business, but you get the idea) in this comedy for the family. Robert Grant (Jason Alexander) is the manager of The Majestic Hotel, a large and highly luxurious five-star facility. Grant is harried Read More

1996
The Larry Sanders Show: Off Camera

Crew: Director

Synopsis: There's certainly no shortage of behind-the-scenes conflict when it comes to television, and this episode of HBO's Emmy award-winning late-night talk show satire exposes the gritty backstage battles that have become the stuff of legend among television fanatics. In addition to Artie's (Rip Torn) Read More

1993
The Larry Sanders Show: Hank's Wedding

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Love blinds a lonely sidekick on this episode of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. Despite Hank's (Jeffrey Tambor) elation at the prospect of marrying a younger woman whom he has just met, his enthusiasm may be short-lived as Larry (Garry Shandling) attempts to decide whether he should reveal some Read More

1993
The Larry Sanders Show: Performance Artist

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Performance art certainly isn't for everyone, as Larry (Garry Shandling) quickly finds out in this installment of The Larry Sanders Show. Worried that the show has become too routine, Larry books a controversial performance artist on the show. Despite his initial enthusiasm, however, our gracious Read More

1993
The Larry Sanders Show: Being There

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Rekindling an old flame can be more complicated than it sounds, as Larry (Garry Shandling) finds out in this episode of HBO's popular late-night talk show parody. When Larry begins to suspect that Francine (Kathryn Harrold) may not be as committed to their relationship as he initially thought, a Read More

1993
The Larry Sanders Show: The Spider Episode

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Arachnophobia rears its ugly head in the third episode of HBO's popular late-night talk show satire The Larry Sanders Show. With a spider-wrangler scheduled to appear on the upcoming show, Larry's (Garry Shandling) reluctance to gracefully accommodate his eight-legged guests finds him attempting Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: The Flirt Episode

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A playful female guest puts Larry (Garry Shandling) in hot water with his wife, Jeannie (Megan Gallagher), in the sixth episode of HBO's popular behind-the-scenes late-night talk show satire The Larry Sanders Show. Comely actress Mimi Rogers may have only intended her innocent on-air flirtation Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: The Garden Weasel

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The premiere episode of Garry Shandling's searing television satire The Larry Sanders Show finds talk show host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling) struggling against an intrusive suggestion of on-air advertising. Faced with the prospect of promoting "The Garden Weasel" on his popular late-night talk Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: The Promise

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Guests and visitors test Larry's (Garry Shandling) patience in the second episode of The Larry Sanders Show. Not only has prospective guest David Spade been booked on another talk show, but the appearance of sidekick Hank's (Jeffrey Tambor) fan club has compounded the issue. Special guest stars Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: Hank's Contract

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Television contract negotiations are the stuff of legends in the entertainment industry, and viewers get a healthy dose of the outlandish demands of television stars in this episode of The Larry Sanders Show. It's contract negotiation time for Larry's (Garry Shandling) sidekick, Hank (Jeffrey Tambor Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: A Brush with the Elbow of Greatness

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Life in the spotlight can have its benefits and substantial drawbacks as Larry (Garry Shandling) discovers in this episode of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. Following a woman's claim that Larry shoved her into a magazine rack and neglected to apologize, the tabloids hang the popular late-night talk Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: Hey Now

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Facing increasing stress, Larry (Garry Shandling) finally loses it altogether when Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) falls asleep during the live show. The final episode of the first season, this installment of HBO's popular late-night talk show parody The Larry Sanders Show features special guest stars Ray Combs Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: Out of the Loop

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Larry's lack of knowledge pertaining to office gossip leaves him feeling left out in the lurch in this episode of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. The head writer of The Larry Sanders Show is involved in a steamy office affair, and it seems that everyone aside from our gracious host is aware of it. Read More

1992
The Larry Sanders Show: The Warmth Episode

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Low television ratings can take a heavy toll on talk show hosts, and Larry (Garry Shandling) begins to feel the heat as viewers tune out in this episode of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. Worried that this may be the result of waning quality, Larry hires a focus group to tune up the show. Special Read More

1992
He Said, She Said

Crew: Director

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Sharon Stone

Synopsis: Real-life sweethearts and film directors Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver co-directed this throwback to the silver-screen romantic comedies of the 1940s, examining the different ways men and women view reality. Kwapis takes the male character's point of view, recalling a burgeoning relationship. Read More

2/22/91
Vibes

Crew: Director

Actors: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, Googy Gress, Julian Sands

Synopsis: Two hapless psychics unwittingly aid a criminal in his quest to obtain a mystic relic in this farcical adventure. Street smart beauty-school dropout Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) navigates life with the counsel of a spirit named Louise, while genteel Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) has the ability to Read More

8/5/88
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird

Crew: Director

Actors: Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard

Synopsis: The first film to be adapted from the popular children's television series Sesame Street, Follow That Bird follows the story of Big Bird after a social worker (Sally Kellerman) takes him away from Sesame Street to live with a family of birds in Illinois. Unhappy in his new surroundings, Big Bird Read More

1985
Summer Switch

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Klein, Scott Schwartz, Margo Skinner, Anna Maria Horsford, Lenora May

Synopsis: Often cited as a rip-off of such "parent-kid personality switch" films of the 1980s as Like Father, Like Son and Vice Versa, this ABC Afterschool Special actually predates those projects by several years. Summer camper Ben Andrews (Scott Schwartz) would like to be a grown-up. Ben's father, Bill Read More

1984
The Beniker Gang

Crew: Director

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer Dundas, Charlie Fields, Danny Pintauro, Jeff Alan-Lee

Synopsis: Reportedly made for television, The Beniker Gang seems to have "busted pilot" emblazoned on its forehead. The titular gang consists of five orphaned siblings. Andrew McCarthy, the eldest of the bunch, acts as surrogate parent. When he's not around, the rest of the kids look out for each other. The Read More

1983

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