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. Mark L. Lester(1946년생, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) 는 감독으로, 대표작으로 코만도, 리틀 도쿄, 초능력 소녀의 분노가 있으며, 그 외에도 폭력 교실 1984, 무장과 위험, 바비 조 앤 더 아웃로, 폭력교실 1999, 테로닥틸, 롤러 부기, Betrayal, 더 베이스, Hitman's Run, 나이트 런닝맨, Misbegotten, Double Take 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2024년 Cinderella's Revenge 제작에 참여했다. 2023년 Masters of the Grind에 출연했다. 2023년 스티븐 킹 영화를 만나다에 출연했다.