Mark L. Lester

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 Kings 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 Hitmans 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