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 film, the thrillers Blowback and Hitman's Run, and television film Pterodactyl (produced for the Sci Fi Channel). Other credits include Showdown in Little Tokyo starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee, Night of the Running Man, Extreme Justice, Misbegotten, The Ex, Double Take, and Truck Stop Women.
Commando
(Director)
Firestarter
(Director)
Class of 1984
(Director)
Class of 1984
(Executive Producer)
Class of 1984
(Screenplay)
Class of 1999
(Director)
Class of 1999
(Producer)
Class of 1999
(Story)
Showdown in Little Tokyo
(Director)
Pterodactyl
(Director)
Groupie
(Producer)
Groupie
(Executive Producer)
Groupie
(Director)
White Rush
(Director)
Betrayal
(Director)
Public Enemies
(Director)
Stealing Candy
(Director)
Stunts
(Director)
The Base
(Director)
Night of the Running Man
(Director)
Truck Stop Women
(Director)
Truck Stop Women
(Screenplay)
Roller Boogie
(Director)
Extreme Justice
(Director)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
(Director)
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
(Director)
Hitman's Run
(Director)
Day of Wrath
(Executive Producer)
Blowback
(Director)
Blowback
(Producer)
Gold of the Amazon Women
(Director)
Double Take
(Director)
Sinbad and the Minotaur
(Producer)
Misbegotten
(Director)
Sacrifice
(Director)
Poseidon Rex
(Director)
Devil's Prey
(Producer)
Public Enemies
(Producer)
The Ex
(Director)
Hitman's Run
(Producer)
Misbegotten
(Producer)
Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
(Producer)
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute
(Original Series Creator)
The Dragons of Camelot
(Director)
Armed and Dangerous
(Director)
The Dragons of Camelot
(Producer)
Double Take
(Producer)
The Funhouse
(Executive Producer)
Jabberwock Dragon Siege
(Producer)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
(Producer)
White House Madness
(Director)
Cinderella's Revenge
(Producer)
The Wisher
(Executive Producer)
Ouija Witch
(Executive Producer)
The Gardener
(Executive Producer)
Showdown in Little Tokyo
(Producer)
Truck Stop Women
(Producer)
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
(Producer)
White House Madness
(Producer)
High Resolution
(Producer)
Sand Sharks
(Producer)
Dragon Wasps
(Executive Producer)
The Base
(Producer)
Poseidon Rex
(Producer)
Hunt Club
(Producer)
Steel Arena
(Producer)
Steel Arena
(Writer)
Steel Arena
(Director)
Tricia's Wedding
(Producer)
Night of the Running Man
(Producer)
Sacrifice
(Producer)
Sleeping With My Student
(Producer)
Betrayal
(Producer)
White Rush
(Producer)
Stealing Candy
(Producer)
Stealing Candy
(Story)
Pterodactyl
(Producer)
Jurassic Attack
(Executive Producer)
The Ex
(Producer)
Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon
(Executive Producer)
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
(Producer)