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Ken Kwapis

American director and scriptwriter (born 1957)

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Music Documentary (3)
Cult Bands (2)
Artistic Exploration (1)

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Ken Kwapis (3) · The Shaggs (3) · documentary (3) · SXSW (2) · cult band (1) · rock music (1) · legacy (1) · Philosophy of the World (1) · worst album (1) · cult following (1) · girl group (1) · music history (1) · first film (1) · cultural impact (1)

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Kenneth William Kwapis (born August 17, 1957) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and author. He specialized in single-camera sitcoms 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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🇺🇸 Ken Kwapis And The Stars Of His Documentary ‘We Are The Shaggs’ Reflect On The Legacy Of The Rock World’s Most Unlikely Cult Band – SXSW (2026-03-14)
By rights, The Shaggs shouldn’t even be a footnote in the history of rock, pop or jazz. Their first and only real album, Philosophy of the World, came...
🇺🇸 ‘We Are The Shaggs’ Review: Ken Kwapis’s Endearing Doc Tells The Strange True Story Behind The Best “Worst Album” Ever Made – SXSW (2026-03-13)
The Shaggs — an all-girl band featuring the three suburban Wiggin sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire — were always an acquired taste. Formed in 1965,...
🇺🇸 For His First Documentary, Ken Kwapis Turns His Camera on Girl Group The Shaggs (2026-03-11)
With "We Are the Shaggs," the film and TV director, previously known for comedies like "He Said, She Said" and "The Office," tells a true story that r...

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