Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature, Grease.

 

His career began when his award-winning USC Master’s Thesis Peege was seen by executives at Universal who signed him to begin directing for television. In December of 2007, Peege was selected as one of 25 films to be added to the National Registry of Congress. Kleiser’s other directing credits include The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, The Blue Lagoon, Summer Lovers, Flight of the Navigator, White Fang, North Shore, Getting It Right, Lovewrecked, the 1996 AIDS drama It’s My Party and the critically acclaimed play The Penis Chronicles, written by Tom Yewell.