Mark L. Lester

ProducerActorDirectorWriter Nov 26 (age 79) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1971–2024 (53 year career)

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Biography

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 wo…

Known For

Film

Commando

Director

Film

Firestarter

Director

Film

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Director

Film

Class of 1984

Director

Film

The Funhouse

Executive Producer

Film

Class of 1999

Director

Film

Armed and Dangerous

Director

Film

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

Self

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (5)

King on Screen

2023

as Self

6.9

Masters of the Grind

2023

as Self

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019

as Self

6.9

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood

2009

as Self

6.0

Blood and Blackboards

2006

Crew (76)

Movies (75)

Cinderella's Revenge

Producer

Hunt Club

Producer

Ouija Witch

Executive Producer

Exorcist Vengeance

Executive Producer

The Gardener

Executive Producer

Sleeping With My Student

Producer

High Resolution

Producer

Poseidon Rex

Director

The Dragons of Camelot

Director

Jurassic Attack

Executive Producer

Dragon Wasps

Executive Producer

Sand Sharks

Producer

Jabberwock Dragon Siege

2011

Producer

3.6

Sinbad and the Minotaur

Producer

Groupie

Director

Groupie

Executive Producer

Groupie

Producer

Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon

2008

Executive Producer

4.2

Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke

Producer

Day of Wrath

Executive Producer

Pterodactyl

Director

Pterodactyl

Producer

Stealing Candy

Director

Stealing Candy

Producer

Stealing Candy

Story

Betrayal

Director

Betrayal

Producer

White Rush

Director

The Wisher

Executive Producer

Bad Karma

Executive Producer

Devil's Prey

Producer

Sacrifice

Director

Sacrifice

Producer

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

Director

Blowback

Director

Blowback

Producer

The Base

Director

The Base

Producer

Hitman's Run

Director

Misbegotten

Director

Misbegotten

Producer

Double Take

Director

Double Take

Producer

Public Enemies

Director

Public Enemies

Producer

The Ex

Director

The Ex

Producer

Night of the Running Man

1995

Director

5.7

Class of 1999 II: The Substitute

1994

Original Series Creator

4.5

Extreme Justice

1993

Director

4.7

Showdown in Little Tokyo

1991

Director

6.4

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Producer

Class of 1999

Director

Class of 1999

Producer

Class of 1999

Story

Armed and Dangerous

Director

Commando

Director

Firestarter

Director

Class of 1984

Director

Class of 1984

Executive Producer

Class of 1984

Screenplay

The Funhouse

Executive Producer

Roller Boogie

Director

Gold of the Amazon Women

Director

Stunts

Director

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

1976

Director

4.4

Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

1976

Producer

4.4

White House Madness

1975

Director

Truck Stop Women

Director

Truck Stop Women

Producer

Truck Stop Women

Screenplay

Steel Arena

Director

Steel Arena

Producer

Steel Arena

Writer

Tricia's Wedding

Producer

Television (1)

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

2013

Producer

7.8