Director 79 years old

Mark L. Lester

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

19 titles

Groupie

Mark L. Lester 2010 1h 30m

When a mysterious groupie joins legendary cursed band, "The Dark Knights", a series of unexplained murders derails their comeback tour.

Pterodactyl

Mark L. Lester 2005 1h 29m 2.5

A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...

Guilty as Charged

Mark L. Lester 2000 1h 37m 3.0

The Pentagon sends their top soldier to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of two dozen soldiers.

The Base

Mark L. Lester 1999 1h 33m 4.0

In a U.S. army base, a senior army officer leads a group of young men into drug trafficking.

Misbegotten

Mark L. Lester 1998 1h 35m

Impatient to have a child, an infertile couple seeks help at a sperm bank and are thrilled when the procedure works. But their joy is cut short after they discover the donor is a psychopath willing to kill anyone who stands between him and his baby.

The Ex

Mark L. Lester 1996 1h 27m 5.0

In order to get her husband back, an architect's psycho ex-wife kills everybody she can get her hands on.

Public Enemies

Mark L. Lester 1996 1h 35m 5.0

Glorified, glamorized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys, who robbed banks and generally terrorized the Midwest in the 1930s and were eventually gunned down by G-man Melvin Purvis.

Extreme Justice

Mark L. Lester 1993 1h 36m

Jeff Powers, an LAPD officer, joins the Special Investigation Session, a unit that acts like a kind of death squad, .

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Mark L. Lester 1991 1h 19m 4.5

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots.

Class of 1999

Mark L. Lester 1990 1h 39m 6.4

Robot teachers have been secretly placed in the schools where the students have run riot. The teachers do a god job of controlling the unruly youngsters, until they go too far and some students get suspicious.

Armed and Dangerous

Mark L. Lester 1986 1h 28m 4.0

After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.

Commando

Mark L. Lester 1985 1h 30m 6.8

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army.