Randal Kleiser

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<p>Randal Kleiser’s other credits include <strong><em>The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, The Blue Lagoon, Summer Lovers, Flight of the Navigator, White Fang, Big Top Pee-wee, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, North Shore,</strong></em> and <strong><em>It’s My Party</strong></em>. With George Lucas, he produced the educational course: <strong><em>The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors.</p></strong></em><p>Always involved in cutting-edge technology, he directed the 70mm 3D <strong><em>Honey, I Shrunk the Audience </strong></em>for the Disney Parks around the world. This lead to the US Government signing him to develop a virtual reality simulator to train American soldiers to deal with Improvised Explosive Devices in the Middle East. </p><p></p><p>In 2019 he released the 12-part virtual reality series <em>Defrost</em>, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was shown at Cannes. Experimenting with Paramount and Intel Studios, Kleiser reimagined the <strong><em>Grease </strong></em>song "You’re the One That I Want" using volumetric capture technology. </p><p></p><p>Kleiser has served on the National Board of the Directors Guild of America and on the Sci Tech Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</p><p></p><p>www.randalkleiser.com | www.ninafochproject.com</p>