Mark L. Lester

President, Director and Producer

As writer, producer, and director Mark L. Lester has worked on many high-action films, including some of the world's biggest box office draws.

His directorial expertise has garnered praise for such films as Arnold Schwarzenegger's box office mega hit Commando, with Alyssa Milano who also stars in Public Enemy #1; Showdown in Little Tokyo starring Dolph Lundgren and the late Brandon Lee in his first major role, and Stephen King's supernatural thriller Firestarter starring George C. Scott, Louise Fletcher, Art Carney, David Keith, Drew Barrymore and Martin Sheen.

Having amassed credits on more than 30 films, Lester founded and became President of Titan Global Entertainment in 2011, devoting himself to developing and producing films in the same genres he helped to popularize.

Since the company's formation, Lester has created an impressive body of work in a relatively short period of time. He has produced and directed the drama-thriller Night of the Running Man starring Scott Glenn and Andrew McCarthy; Extreme Justice, a suspense drama also starring Glenn and Lou Diamond Phillips; Public Enemy #1, the HBO feature with Eric Roberts and featuring Theresa Russell as the notorious Ma Barker; The Ex with Nick Mancuso and Yancy Butler, about a woman terrorizing her ex-husband's family; Double Take, a suspense thriller starring Craig Sheffer and Costas Mandylor; Misbegotten, a suspense thriller starring Kevin Dillon and Lysette Anthony; The Base, a military drama picture starring Mark Dacascos, Hitman's Run starring Eric Roberts, Blowback starring Mario Van Peebles, James Remar, and suspense thriller Sacrifice starring Michael Madsen and the recently completed the sequel The Base II starring Antonio Sabato Jr.

Lester's career as a director was launched when his first feature project, the highly acclaimed Twilight of the Mayas, won top honors at the Venice Film Festival. His first breakout film was Roller Boogie, starring Linda Blair in a story about the roller blading craze in the disco era. Included in his earlier credits are such non-stop action films as Steel Arena, about the demolition derby, and the movies Truck Stop Women, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw and Stunts.

Among Lester's other directing and producing credits are: Armed and Dangerous, starring John Candy and Meg Ryan; and two frighteningly prophetic films about the state of society: Class of 1984 which starred Perry king, Roddy McDowell and Michael J. Fox in his first film role, and the sequel Class of 1999, with Malcom McDowell and Stacy Keach. In addition to international critical acclaim, Class of 1984 was an excellent U.S. box office draw and became the top grossing film in many major markets around the world. Commando was also an international success story, grossing over 120 million dollars.

Mark's level of experience and relationships within the film industry is a valuable commodity and a unique combination which benefits Titan Global Entertainment and it's distributors. Mark is a seasoned filmmaking, financing, producing veteran who is a very talented director putting Titan Global Entertainment into a very exclusive category of international film sales companies.

Sales Strategy and Licensing of Theatrical, Non-Theatrical, Home Video/DVD, Television, Internet, and Ancillary Rights:

Titan Global Entertainment maximizes the opportunities to the Producer by assessing the various options available in the marketplace. These options will depend upon the nature of the film as it relates to the various avenues of exploitation and more importantly, the producer's financial goals, expectations, and objectives.

Titan Global Entertainment develops a complete sales strategy aimed at reaching a level of advance minimum guarantees that is realistic to the marketplace and satisfactory to the Producer. Based upon this analysis, Titan Global Entertainment establishes initial asking prices for license fees for each of the foreign territories and all domestic rights and medias.

In each territory, Titan Global Entertainment predetermines the ideal distributors for a specific film, since many distributors have developed a marked expertise in the exploitation and successful release of specific types of films in their territory. Titan Global Entertainment negotiates and executes license agreements in each of the territories, on the Producer's behalf, covering the advance minimum guarantee and payment terms.

Titan Global Entertainment uses all industry standard deal memo and long form agreements provided by the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA).

Titan Global Entertainment develops the advertising campaign (key art) with top marketing/ad companies, which pulls the film's best marketing hooks to use to distribute the picture. Titan Global Entertainment initiates a worldwide promotional campaign for the film aimed at generating maximum interest among potential licensees. 

This involves but is not limited to:

1. Preliminary meetings and correspondence with distributors;

2. Publicity plans in the international and local trades;

3. Trade advertising for the picture and accompanying feature articles and interviews with the principals;

4. The creation and dissemination of press kits, posters (one-sheets/sales sheets), promos and trailers.

These activities will be augmented or culminate at a major film and/or television market, Cannes, AFM, MIPCOM or MIP, where press and a variety of other marketing efforts will be used to create distributor interest in the film.

When a campaign and advertising approach has worked successfully in a specific territory, Titan Global Entertainment quickly disseminates that information to the other territories, which have yet to release the film or are in the early stages of release. This cross-pollination of ideas and successful approaches greatly assists the distributor in arriving at an effective campaign therefore aiding in a successful release of the film.

Titan Global Entertainment acquires feature-length films from independent producers and production companies for the worldwide marketplace each year. Working with producers from pre-production to completion, we strive to maximize the potential of every film. Since its inception in 2011, Titan Global Entertainment has established itself at the forefront of independent motion picture distribution.  

We maintain a presence at nine major film markets worldwide each year.  Titan Global Entertainment maximizes revenue through long-standing relationships with an extensive network of clients throughout the globe, including buyers for theatrical, television, home video and all VOD/Digital and new media platforms, as well as its marketing expertise built over nearly thirty years experience.  

Titan Global Entertainment handles both domestic and international rights, so we are looking for content that appeals to a worldwide audiences. We review all genres of films.  We also can approve post production money and participate in production financing. We recognize that the business is in constant flux, however the one thing in the market that remains the same is the demand for quality films.

Titan Global Entertainment

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