Les Mayfield (left) has had a celebrated Hollywood career.  He began as a director of TV specials on the making of blockbuster films including Back to the Future, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.  He went on to co-produce Hearts of Darkness, a documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.  The universally acclaimed film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. Mayfield made his transition to directing features with the Disney comedy hit Encino Man.  That was followed by a remake of the classic Miracle on 34th Street, the first of two films Mayfield directed for writer/ producer John Hughes.  The second was Disney’s Flubber, the international movie event starring Robin Williams. His other films have included the action hit The Blue Streak starring Martin Lawrence, the Western American Outlaws, and The Man starring Samuel L. Jackson.  Mayfield is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema.