Life After the Navigator

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Life After the Navigator is a documentary about child actor Joey Cramer's journey after starring in the 1986 Disney movie Flight of the Navigator. It chronicles Cramer's post-teenage and adult life after starring in the movie to a life of homelessness and crime to his eventual successful rehabilitation.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/flight-navigator-bank-robber-ruin-redemption-disney-child-star/ | title=From Flight of the Navigator to bank robber: The ruin and redemption of a Disney child star | work=The Telegraph | date=28 April 2021 | last1=Fordy | first1=Tom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429055613/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/flight-navigator-bank-robber-ruin-redemption-disney-child-star/ | archive-date=29 April 2021 }} It was released in 2020 by Life After Movies, and is part of a Life After series of nostalgic feature documentaries directed by Lisa Downs, produced by Downs and Ashley Pugh{{Cite web |last=Woodham |first=Karen |date=2020-10-19 |title=Life After The Navigator - Feature Review • Blazing Minds |url=https://blazingminds.co.uk/life-after-the-navigator-review/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Blazing Minds |language=en-GB}} that documents movie actors from other notable movies such as The Neverending Story{{cite web |title=LIFE AFTER THE NEVERENDING STORY |url=https://www.lifeaftermovies.com/lifeaftertheneverendingstory |website=lifeaftermovies.com |publisher=Life After Movies |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}} and The Goonies.{{cite web |title=LIFE AFTER THE GOONIES |url=https://www.lifeaftermovies.com/life-after-the-goonies |website=lifeaftermovies.com |publisher=Life After Movies |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Stuff |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stuff-to-watch/300741737/life-after-the-navigator-doco-looks-back-at-a-cult-80s-classic-and-the-child-star-who-went-off-the-rails |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}

Life After the Navigator spent 3 years in production, with Lisa Downs initially reaching out to Cramer via mail during his incarceration at Nanaimo Correctional Centre. Also interviewed for the documentary are Flight of the Navigator director Randal Kleiser, Howard Hesseman, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young, Matt Adler, and puppeteers Tim Blaney and Tony Urbano.