Director Of Grease Discusses Making The Movie, Being Mistaken For Christoph Waltz, and Wes Craven Blowing His House Up

Randal Kleiser has been an internationally known film director since the release of his first feature, Grease.

Kleiser's directorial portfolio boasts a range of works, such as The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, The Blue Lagoon, Summer Lovers, Flight of the Navigator, White Fang, Honey I Blew up the Kid, Getting It Right, Lovewrecked, and It's My Party, among others.

For decades, Randal Kleiser has engaged in an artistic pursuit beyond filmmaking—capturing his fellow directors through a technique known as blind contour drawing.

In this method, he sketches his subjects without glancing at the paper, resulting in a unique artistic representation. Although challenges arose due to subjects' movements during sketching, Kleiser presents a compilation of successful attempts. Drawing Directors, featuring a foreword by Roger Corman, serves as a tribute by Kleiser to his admired directors. Esteemed names such as Steven Spielberg, John Singleton, Ron Howard, Guillermo del Toro, Robert Wise, and Billy Wilder grace the pages, with Kleiser delving into their professional journeys and sharing insightful anecdotes along with his personal views on their cinematic contributions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.