- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Mark L. Lester
Mark L. Lester is an American writer, producer, and director of action films. Following his first film, Twilight of the Mayas, Lester worked on films such as Stunts, Steel Arena, and Bobby Jo and the Outlaw. His next film Roller Boogie with Linda Blair was a modest success, which he built on with reasonably received exploitation thriller Class of 1984, and Stephen King's Firestarter. His biggest hit came in 1985 with Commando, an Arnold Schwarzenegger action film that grossed over $57 million worldwide. He also produced Armed & Dangerous starring Meg Ryan and John Candy. In 1989 he directed Class of 1999, a very loose science fiction sequel to Class of 1984. Mark Lester married Dana Dubovsky, who he now works with and had two children, Jason and Justin. He also founded American World Pictures, and independent production and distribution company. Recent films include The Base, an action …
Filmography
movieCinderella's Revenge
2024 · Producer
movieMasters of the Grind
2023 · Self
movieKing on Screen
2023 · Self
movieOuija Witch
2023 · Executive Producer
movieHunt Club
2023 · Producer
movieExorcist Vengeance
2022 · Executive Producer
movieThe Gardener
2021 · Executive Producer
movieSleeping With My Student
2019 · Producer
movieIn Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019 · Self
movieHigh Resolution
2018 · Producer
movieThe Dragons of Camelot
2014 · Director, Producer
moviePoseidon Rex
2014 · Director, Producer
tvDie schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013 · Producer
movieJurassic Attack
2013 · Executive Producer
movieDragon Wasps
2012 · Executive Producer
movieSand Sharks
2011 · Producer
movieJabberwock Dragon Siege
2011 · Producer
movieSinbad and the Minotaur
2011 · Producer
movieGroupie
2010 · Director, Executive Producer
movieTeen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009 · Self
movieYeti: Curse of the Snow Demon
2008 · Executive Producer
movieLost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
2007 · Producer
movieDay of Wrath
2006 · Executive Producer
Blood and Blackboards
movieBlood and Blackboards
2006
moviePterodactyl
2004 · Director, Producer
movieBetrayal
2003 · Director, Producer
movieStealing Candy
2003 · Director, Story, Producer
movieWhite Rush
2003 · Director, Producer
movieBad Karma
2002 · Executive Producer
movieThe Wisher
2002 · Executive Producer
movieDevil's Prey
2001 · Producer
movieThe Base 2: Guilty as Charged
2000 · Director, Producer
movieSacrifice
2000 · Director, Producer
movieBlowback
2000 · Director, Producer
movieThe Base
1999 · Director, Producer
movieHitman's Run
1999 · Director, Producer
movieMisbegotten
1998 · Director, Producer
movieDouble Take
1998 · Director, Producer
movieThe Ex
1996 · Director, Producer
moviePublic Enemies
1996 · Director, Producer
movieNight of the Running Man
1995 · Director, Producer
movieClass of 1999 II: The Substitute
1994 · Original Series Creator
movieExtreme Justice
1993 · Director
movieShowdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · Director, Producer
movieClass of 1999
1990 · Director, Producer, Story
movieArmed and Dangerous
1986 · Director
movieCommando
1985 · Director
movieFirestarter
1984 · Director
movieClass of 1984
1982 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieThe Funhouse
1981 · Executive Producer
movieRoller Boogie
1979 · Director
movieGold of the Amazon Women
1979 · Director
movieStunts
1977 · Director
movieBobbie Jo and the Outlaw
1976 · Director, Producer
movieWhite House Madness
1975 · Director, Producer
movieTruck Stop Women
1974 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieSteel Arena
1973 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTricia's Wedding
1971 · Producer