Randal Kleiser’s USC Thesis film Peege was seen by executives at Universal who signed him to direct television. In 2007, it was selected to be added to the National Registry at the Library of Congress.

His first feature Grease is the most successful movie musical ever made.  Other credits include The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, The Blue Lagoon, Summer Lovers, Flight of the Navigator, White Fang, North Shore, Getting It Right, Lovewrecked and the 1996 AIDS drama It’s My Party.

He is currently finishing up a 2 DVD set, "USC School of Cinematic Arts presents the Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors".

Working in 70mm 3-D, he directed Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, which has been running  for over a decade at the Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris.

This led to the US Government signing him to develop a 360 degree hi-def simulator to train soldiers to deal with Improvised Explosive Devices in the current war in Afghanistan.