Randal Kleiser

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Biography

D.," "Starsky & Hutch") Randal Kleiser struck lucky at the box-office with his first feature, "Grease" (1978),and then directed another teen-friendly yet mainstream film, "The Blue Lagoon" (1980).

The Pennsylvania native moved to Southern California to attend USC. To finance his education, he began to work as a model and actor, appearing in commercials and as an extra in big-budgeted movie musicals like "Camelot" (1967) and "Hello, Dolly!" …

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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor

Born

July 20, 1946

Career Milestones

2005

Directed Amanda Bynes and Chris Carmack in the romantic comedy "Love Wrecked"

2004

Directed "Red Riding Hood," starring Henry Cavill, Morgan Thompson, and Debi Mazar

1999

Minor acting role in the comedy drama "Crazy in Alabama"

1999

Served as director of a pilot for an Internet series "Royal Standards" for Digital Entertainment Network

1996

Directed autobiographical feature "It's My Party"

1980

Helmed second feature, "The Blue Lagoon"

1978

Feature film directorial debut "Grease"

1977

Directed the acclaimed TV-movie, "The Gathering"

1975

TV-movie directorial debut, "All Together Now"

1978

Feature film directorial debut "Grease"

1976

First produced script, "Street People"

1973

Made short film "Peege"

1973

Directed episodes of TV series "Marcus Welby, MD"