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Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature '' Grease '' ( 1978 ), the most successful film musical ever made. Other features include '' 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 critically acclaimed comedy '''' (1976). As a freshman at the University Of Southern California , Kleiser appeared in George Lucas ' first student film ''Freiheit''. Kleiser's award winning Master's thesis film ''Peege'' launched his career. He has taught a graduation workshop at USC and Masters Directing Classes for European students at film festivals in Deuville and Sarlat, and Malaga. He serves as a judge on the Student Awards for the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences , and as chairman of the Academic Subcommittee for the Directors Guild Of America , he inaugurated a videoconferencing program to connect film classes with working directors. Working with the Graphics Lab at USC's Institute For Creative Technologies , he has co-invented a digital Cinerama-like process called Vistarama HD. Kleiser is developing ''Silver Metal Lover'' for Dimensional Pictures , is currently in post-production with an original movie musical shot on virtual sets, '' Red Riding Hood '' starring Joey Fatome and Lainie Kazan , and is in post-production on '' Lovewrecked '' starring Amanda Bynes , shot in the Caribbean . His house was used in the film '' Scream 3 ''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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