Person

Mark Jones

Writing

Born: January 17, 1953 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: January 16, 2026

Biography

Mark Robert Jones (born January 17, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer. He wrote and directed Leprechaun (1993), about the fairy tale character, beginning the horror franchise of the same name, which includes eight films in total. He also directed and co-wrote the horror film Rumpelstiltskin, also based on a fairy tale, and written for numerous television series such as The A-Team and The Highwayman. Jones wrote and directed the 2007 film Triloquist and the 2013 film Scorned. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Jones (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.