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Mark Lund is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and publisher. He is also a television personality, producer, and actor.

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In 1993, Mark Lund founded International Figure Skating magazine and grew it into the world’s largest magazine for the sport. With it, Ashton International Media became a $4 million business that included six magazines, as well as a cruise travel and special events division.

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In 2002, Lund published his first book, Frozen Assets: The New Order of Figure Skating.

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Since 1994, Lund has been chosen by television and media outlets to analyze the sport of figure skating. His most notable work happened during the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he appeared over 220 times on domestic and international TV networks, including CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, FOX, ESPN, BBC, NPR, CBC, and CTV. His work in figure skating also led to his role as a judge on FOX’s Skating with Celebrities in 2006.

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After Ashton International Media Lund founded Scene, a contemporary newsmagazine distributed in nine countries.

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During Ashton and Scene, his production of direct response TV commercials, major events, and video projects has been broadcast on ABC, ESPN, TBS, LOGO, and Royal Caribbean International.

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Leaving Scene in 2006, Lund combined his passion for science fiction and space exploration to write the feature-length screenplay, First World. Nominated for screenplay awards at the California Independent Film Festival, The Movie Deal, and Fantastic Planet Film Festival, Lund condensed the story into a 25-minute short film that screened at 20 sci-fi conventions across the United States, Australia, Japan, Great Britain, Ireland, and India. First World was released on Amazon and Hulu in 2009.

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In 2008, Lund served as Director of an IMTA talent/modeling program. His 20 students achieved great success at the IMTA New York City convention that year, with over 120 callbacks and 100+ awards.​

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From 2009 to 2010, Lund was the drama director at Becker College, where he produced and directed Break Fast, Antigone Now, and The Long Red Herring – reviving the school’s drama program after a 20-year break. Later that year, he wrote the screenplay Justice Is Mind, based on thought-identification technology and neurolaw.

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In 2011, his ebook First World: Covenant, a prequel novella to the screenplay First World, was published. That fall, Lund produced and directed the short film Evidence based on Justice Is Mind.

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Premiering Evidence theatrically in early 2012, Lund secured funding to produce the feature-length version. Justice Is Mind had its world premiere at The Palace Theatre in Albany, NY, on August 18, 2013, as part of the Capital District Film Festival. Justice Is Mind was screened 21 times to enthusiastic audiences at selected theaters, universities, and sci-fi conventions. Its international premiere took place on Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth in 2014. According to IMDb, Justice Is Mind finished 2013 as the 8th “Highest Rated Independent Film Feature Films Released” and ranked in the top 1% of all entries in 2014. The film is now available on various VOD platforms, including Amazon Prime and Tubi.

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Lund returned to figure skating in 2016 with Serpentine. In this Cold War modern day political thriller, Lund directed the first ten pages of the script to generate interest in the project. Serpentine: The Short Program was released in 2017.

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From 2016 to 2018, Lund played an NCIS Special Agent in the Naval Justice School’s mock trial program. Lund directed the fourteen actors in the program on behalf of U.S. government contractors.

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In July 2019, Lund completed principal photography on his second feature film First Signal. A prequel to First World, First Signal had its world premiere at the Greenfield Garden Cinemas in Greenfield, MA on March 26, 2021. Called, “An Impressive Accomplishment” by Film Threat magazine, First Signal was an official selection at 28 film festivals, winning 17 awards, and was ranked in the top 1% of all entries on IMDb.  First Signal is now available on several VOD platforms including Amazon Prime, Tubi and Vudu. On YouTube, First Signal has received over 1M views. 

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First Launch, the sequel to First Signal, has won 17 film festivals to date – Including awards for Best Screenplay, Best Feature Script, and Best Sci-Fi Screenplay.

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Other projects in development through The Ashton Times include In Mind We Trust, the sequel to Justice Is Mind, and SOS United States, a political thriller.