Randal Kleiser

Birthplace: Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Birthday: July 20, 1946

Former TV director ("Marcus Welby, M.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!" (1969). After receiving a master's degree in film, he made short fi…more

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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"