Stranger Things Storyboards with Mark Simon

"Mark Simon is 35+ years in the entertainment industry and known as the Godfather of Storyboards and owner of Storyboards & Animatics, Inc, as well as a producer and director for live action and animation, and amassing nearly 6,000 production credits. Recent credits include more than 60 movies like Alien Xmas for Netflix, Woody Woodpecker, Doom: Annihilation, and Chucky 7 for Universal, and tv series like Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Dexter, Snowfall, Woody Woodpecker and Black Lightning.

He is the animation producer for Universal's How High 2 and the Little Rascals movies and Fox's Tooth Fairy 2 feature.

Mark has pitched and sold more than 35 production and distribution deals for his original concepts and worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, The Golf Channel, HSN, and other networks pitching in-house productions.

Sell Your TV Concept Now, Inc. is another company Simon co-founded. It was inspired by countless requests from both industry insiders and eager outsiders wanting to tap into Mark’s pitching techniques and success record.

His articles have been seen in Animation Magazine, Animation World Network, Cinefex, Filmmaker Magazine, Moviemaker Magazine, and others.

He is also the author of 13 books including the best-selling Facial Expressions books, the bible of the storyboard industry, Storyboards: Motion In Art, 3rd Edition, the inspirational Start At The Top, and his most recent, the memoir Attacked!, about when he was bullied and his family was attacked. He lectures around the world at major conferences, and universities."

Mike Schnier is a writer and interviewer who closely follows the craft of animation and the intersection of art and technology. Mike's responsibilities at Toon Boom Animation include assigning articles on client productions as well as editing Animation From Every Angle.