# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-jones-q3849511
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:39.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-jones-q3849511"
name: "Mark Jones"
slug: "mark-jones-q3849511"
description: "Mark Robert Jones was an American screenwriter and director and producer in both film and television. 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 (1995), also based on a fairy tale, and wrote for numerous television series such as The A-Team and The Highwayman. Jones wrote and directed the 2008 film Triloquist and the 2013 film Scorned. Jones died at West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles on January 16, 2026, one month after his 73rd birthday."
tagline: "American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Cropped_Photo_of_Mark_Jones.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-01-17"
deathDate: "2026-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             3.535684987694832
  historical:           10.32606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428751/"
    handle:    "nm0428751"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "مارک جونز (فلم ساز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88)"
    title: "مارك جونز (كاتب سيناريو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "مارك جونز (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(re%C5%BEis%C3%A9r)"
    title: "Mark Jones (režisér)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(Drehbuchautor)"
    title: "Mark Jones (Drehbuchautor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(filmmaker)"
    title: "Mark Jones (filmmaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "مارک جونز (فیلم‌ساز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sceneggiatore)"
    title: "Mark Jones (sceneggiatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(roteirista)"
    title: "Mark Jones (roteirista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Джонс, Марк (режиссёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(filmmaker)"
    title: "Mark Jones (filmmaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jones_(y%C3%B6netmen)"
    title: "Mark Jones (yönetmen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3849511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump