Randal Kleiser

Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film director and producer.

Randal Kleiser has directed several feature films, including "Grease" (1978), Other features include "The Blue Lagoon" (1980) with Brooke Shields, "Summer Lovers" (1982) with Daryl Hannah, "Grandview, U.S.A." (1984) with Jamie Lee Curtis, "Flight of the Navigator" (1986), featuring the first use of digital morphing in a film, "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988), "White Fang" (1991) and "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" (1992).

In London, Kleiser directed the comedy "Getting It Right" (1989), starring Lynn Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Horrocks and Sir John Gielgud. In 1996, he wrote and directed "It's My Party", starring Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Lee Grant, Bruce Davison and Marlee Matlin. As a writer-producer, he was responsible for the surfing film "North Shore" (1987) for Universal Pictures. He also directed the thriller "Shadow of Doubt" (1998) with Melanie Griffith and Tom Berenger. Working in 70mm 3-D, he directed "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" (1995) at the Disney Theme Parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo and Paris. His television films include "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (1976) with John Travolta, the Emmy-Award winning "The Gathering" (1977) and "" (1976).

As a freshman at the University of Southern California, Kleiser appeared in George Lucas' first student film "Freiheit". Kleiser's award winning Master's thesis film "Peege" launched his career; he graduated in 1968. [ [http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/ Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts] .] He has taught a graduate workshop at USC and Masters Directing Classes for European students at film festivals in Deuville and Sarlat, and Malaga. He serves as a judge on the Student Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and as chairman of the Academic Subcommittee for the Directors Guild of America, he inaugurated a videoconferencing program to connect film classes with working directors. Working with the Graphics Lab at USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, he has co-invented a digital Cinerama-like process called Vistarama HD.

Randall Kleiser was the marshall force in planning and filming "Red Riding Hood" (2004). The work broke new ground in digital cinematography through the extensive use of interactive virtual sets.

Kleiser's house was used in the film "Scream 3". Kleiser was inducted into Radnor High School's Hall of Fame on October 20, 2006.

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* [http://www.randalkleiser.com Official website]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/756 Filmsbug.com]
* [http://www.dga.org/news/images_ezine/july-03/grease-ani-full.html DGA.org]