Les Mayfield Highlights

  • 2007: Directed Cedric the Entertainer in the comedy "Code Name: The Cleaner"
  • 2005: Helmed the comedy "The Man" starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy
  • 2001: Directed the Western "American Outlaws"
  • 1999: Enjoyed box office success with "Blue Streak"
  • 1997: Helmed the remake "Flubber", starring Robin Williams
  • 1994: Directed the pallid remake of "Miracle on 34th Street"
  • 1992: Made his non-documentary feature film directorial debut with the box office hit, "Encino Man"
  • Raised in New Jersey
  • Formed ZM Productions during his first year at USC, with a fellow student
  • Began making vacation films and neighborhood comedies in the fifth grade, after his grandfather gave him an 8mm camera
  • Served as an executive producer on the critically acclaimed documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and the Emmy Award-winning "Images of Life: Photographs that Changed the World"
  • Won the Kodak Teenager Movie Award when he was only fourteen
  • Directed specials on the making of films like "Empire of the Sun," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"