Mark L. Lester
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 26, 1946, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Movies
- 46
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.
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Masters of the Grind | Self |
| 2023 | King on Screen | Self |
| 2019 | In Search of the Last Action Heroes | Self |
| 2009 | Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood | Self |
| 2006 | Blood and Blackboards |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | Cinderella's Revenge | Producer |
| 2023 | Hunt Club | Producer |
| 2019 | Sleeping With My Student | Producer |
| 2018 | High Resolution | Producer |
| 2014 | Dragons of Camelot | Director, Producer |
| 2014 | Poseidon Rex | Director, Producer |
| 2011 | Sand Sharks | Producer |
| 2011 | Jabberwock Dragon Siege | Producer |
| 2011 | Sinbad and the Minotaur | Producer |
| 2010 | Groupie | Director, Producer |
| 2007 | Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke | Producer |
| 2004 | Pterodactyl | Director, Producer |
| 2003 | Betrayal | Director, Producer |
| 2003 | Stealing Candy | Director, Producer |
| 2003 | White Rush | Director, Producer |
| 2001 | Devil's Prey | Producer |
| 2000 | The Base 2: Guilty as Charged | Director, Producer |
| 2000 | Sacrifice | Director, Producer |
| 2000 | Blowback | Producer, Director |
| 1999 | Hitman's Run | Director, Producer |
| 1999 | The Base | Director, Producer |
| 1998 | Misbegotten | Director, Producer |
| 1998 | Double Take | Director, Producer |
| 1996 | The Ex | Director, Producer |
| 1996 | Public Enemies | Director, Producer |
| 1995 | Night of the Running Man | Director, Producer |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Director |
| 1991 | Showdown in Little Tokyo | Director, Producer |
| 1990 | Class of 1999 | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Armed and Dangerous | Director |
| 1985 | Commando | Director |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Director |
| 1982 | Class of 1984 | Screenplay, Director |
| 1979 | Roller Boogie | Director |
| 1979 | Gold of the Amazon Women | Director |
| 1977 | Stunts | Director |
| 1976 | Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw | Director, Producer |
| 1975 | White House Madness | Director, Producer |
| 1974 | Truck Stop Women | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1973 | Steel Arena | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Tricia's Wedding | Producer |
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