Certification: Certified: Obtained Personally
Object: Signed Photos
Signed: Yes
Sub-Type: GREASE
Type: Film
Hand signed photo of RANDAL KLEISER Size 15x10 cm Item comes with a COA 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 . Biography John Randal Kleiser was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania , the son of Harriet Kelly ( née Means) and Dr. John Raymond Kleiser. He has two brothers. [1] Kleiser attended Radnor High School. [2] [3] As a freshman at the University of Southern California , he appeared in George Lucas ' student film Freiheit . (Kleiser also lived in the house that Lucas was renting at the time.) [4] Kleiser graduated in 1968. [5] His award-winning Master's thesis film, the 1973 short Peege about a grandson's bond with his ailing grandmother, [6] launched his career and was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2007. [7] He also directed an animated short that year called Foot Fetish (which was later aired on Saturday Night Live a decade later). [8] Kleiser directed several television movies in the mid-1970s, including Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1975), The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), which starred John Travolta , and the Emmy Award-winning The Gathering (1977). Kleiser was tapped to direct his first feature film, the 1978 film Grease , in large part because of Travolta's recommendation based on their work together on The Boy in the Plastic Bubble . [9] Kleiser directed several more feature films, including 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). [10] In 1996, he wrote and directed It's My Party . 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). In 1987, he had an agreement with upstart diversified film studio Management Company Entertainment Group to develop, direct and produce low-budget pictures that were financed by the studio, and he will shepherd indie projects of promising students and decided to build various international directors on its own. [11] Working in 70mm 3-D , he directed Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (1995) for the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo and Paris, re-teaming with most of the principal actors from Honey, I Blew Up the Kid . Kleiser is openly gay. [12] Filmography Feature films Filmmaking credits Acting credits Short films Filmmaking credits Acting credits Other credits Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes 1976 Street People No No Yes Italian: Gli esecutori 1978 Grease Yes No No Directorial debut 1980 The Blue Lagoon Yes Yes No 1982 Summer Lovers Yes Yes Yes 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. Yes No No 1986 Flight of the Navigator Yes No No 1987 North Shore No Executive Story 1988 Big Top Pee-wee Yes No No 1989 Getting It Right Yes Yes No 1991 White Fang Yes No No Return to the Blue Lagoon No Executive No 1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Yes No No 1996 It's My Party Yes Yes Yes 1998 Shadow of Doubt Yes No No 1999 How to Get There Yes No Yes 2005 Love Wrecked Yes No No 2006 Red Riding Hood Yes No No Also arranger of the song "Lil' Red Riding Hood" 2020 Life After the Navigator No Executive No Documentary film Year Title Role 1981 Rich and Famous Literary Party Guest 1988 Big Top Pee-wee Popcorn vendor 1996 Cannes Man Himself 1998 Susan's Plan Doctor #1 1999 Crazy in Alabama Bob 2002 Circuit Doctor Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1973 Peege Yes Yes No Also editor Foot Fetish Yes Yes Yes Shortlisted for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film 1994 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Yes No No Theme park film 2017 The Speech JFK Never Gave Yes Yes Yes 2019 Defrost: The Virtual Series Yes Yes Yes 12-Episode VR Series 2019 Grease XR Yes No No Volumetric capture Short Year Title Role Notes 1962 The Pursuit The Pursuer 1964 Captain America vs. The Mutant Steve Rogers / Captain America 1966 Freiheit Boy Year Title Role 1967 Glut Editor 2001 The Princess and the Pea Production advisor 2015 Arctic Plunge Technical advisor