Mark L. Lester
Directing
- Born
- November 26, 1946 (age 79) · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Mark L. Lester (born November 26, 1946) is an American filmmaker. 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 founded American World Pictures, and independent production and distribution company, which largely produces television films.
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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.
Known for
Commando
October 3, 1985
Firestarter
May 11, 1984
Showdown in Little Tokyo
August 23, 1991
The Funhouse
March 13, 1981
Class of 1984
August 20, 1982
Class of 1999
April 1, 1990
Armed and Dangerous
August 15, 1986
Sand Sharks
December 20, 2011
Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon
November 8, 2008
Pterodactyl
October 17, 2004
Cinderella's Revenge
April 26, 2024
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute
November 9, 1994
Behind the camera52
- 2024Cinderella's Revenge Producer
- 2023Ouija Witch Executive Producer
- 2023Hunt Club Producer
- 2022Exorcist Vengeance Executive Producer
- 2021The Gardener Executive Producer
- 2019Sleeping With My Student Producer
- 2018High Resolution Producer
- 2014Dragons of Camelot Director, Producer
- 2014Poseidon Rex Director, Producer
- 2013Jurassic Attack