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John Randal Kleiser[1] (born July 20, 1946) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for directing the 1978 musical romantic-comedy film Grease.
Randal Kleiser. Director: Grease. Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature, Grease (1978). Other features include The Blue Lagoon (1980) with Brooke Shields, Summer Lovers (1982) starring Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah, Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) with Jamie Lee Curtis, Flight of the ...
- January 1, 1
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Randal Kleiser. Director: Grease. Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature, Grease (1978). Other features include The Blue Lagoon (1980) with Brooke Shields, Summer Lovers (1982) starring Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah, Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) with Jamie Lee Curtis, Flight of the ...
- July 20, 1946
Sep 23, 2016 · In the comedy-drama feature “It’s My Party,” Kleiser used fictional names to illustrate the heartbreaking true story about his ex-lover, who learns of a devastating AIDS diagnosis and traces his solemn march with death at a family-and-friends’ farewell party.
Randal Kleiser is a bona fide member of the Film School Generation, the maverick graduates of USC, NYU and other programs that came to prominence in the sixties and seventies with groundbreaking films that legitimized getting an education in film scholarship and production.
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Randal Kleiser (Grease, The Blue Lagoon, White Fang) discusses his career as a director of feature films and TV movies, as well as, his active involvement in the DGA including serving in the Special Projects Committee.
Grease: Directed by Randal Kleiser. With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway. Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?