Shortly after graduating the
USC School of Cinematic Arts, Les Mayfield formed the ZM Productions with schoolmate George Zaloom. Until its closure in 1998, the company had produced films and television programs such as ''
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and The Cape'' in 16 years. Mayfield made his feature-film debut in 1992 with the comedy
Encino Man starring
Pauly Shore and
Brendan Fraser. It was followed by
Miracle on 34th Street, starring
Richard Attenborough, in 1994, and
Flubber, starring
Robin Williams, in 1997. He directed the
Martin Lawrence comedy
Blue Streak in 1999. In the 2000s, Mayfield directed the Western
American Outlaws starring
Colin Farrell, and the comedies
The Man, starring
Samuel L. Jackson and
Eugene Levy, in 2005 and
Code Name: The Cleaner in 2007, starring
Cedric the Entertainer. == Filmography ==