Once Upon A Christmas Village is a 12 minute CG animation musical and a preview to a planned feature film. It features the voice talents of Tim Curry and Jim Belushi. Mark helped rewrite the last act as well. Boards by Mark Simon.
Mark Simon storyboards many movies for Universal, including Undercover Brother
Mark is a big fan of the original Undercover Brother and loves mixing humor and action. As he usually does, Mark provided production with full animatics, including audio, with his shooting boards. This allows the director, 1st AD, stunt team and DP to better prepare their shots.
We had a team of artists working on the historical, yet a bit fanciful, feature Camel Wars. We did a huge amount of research with the director on every aspect of the culture and war. And then we added cool shit to make it an amazing movie. We provided the storyboards, concept art and character designs for the movie. Unfortunately, it was never produced. Boards by Mark Simon and Dan Antkowiak.
Mark had to work really fast on this horror film. They had a limited budget for boards, so Mark worked virtually long distance to create the boards and full animatics. Using Skype and digital storyboarding, Mark worked with director Adam Wingard (Blair Witch and Godzilla vs Kong) to deliver the boards at a blistering pace.
In addition to the boards, Mark was able to add a scratch track and create full motion animatics as he worked. Adam used these to fine tune the action and timing in the film.
Stephen T Brophy wrote the book and the script for The Villain’s Sidekick (available on Amazon). It’s a fun play on supervillains, and it’s all adult!
We took a sequence from the pilot script and created this storyboard and animatic to use as a pitch. This project has a very specific tone and it’s best captured as an animatic.
The Godfather of Storyboarding, Mark Simon, worked with famed director/producer Greg Nicotero to update Creepshow as a series on Shudder (AMC). As a fan of the original movies, Mark relished bringing these new stories by Stephen King to the small screen.
Woody Woodpecker was a favorite of Mark’s as a child. He got to relive his childhood when he got to storyboard that annoying woodpecker. If you haven’t seen it, this movie is a mix of live-action and animation. Mark’s goal was to add the humorous physicality of the Woody from the classic 70’s cartoons.
Mark has boarded quite a few projects with director Alex Zamm. It looks like it won’t be the last.
Mark Simon has been storyboarding all 3 of the Walking Dead series. He worked with director/actor Aisha Tyler (Whose Line Is It Anyway) on this episode of Fear The Walking Dead. Artist Dan Antkowiak did the cleanups. We love seeing how close the final edits are to the storyboards we create. That’s proof that we get in your head and illustrate the director’s vision.
Mark Simon has always been a huge comic book fan with over 7,000 comics in his collection. He collected Black Lightning from the very first issue. Being able to draw this awesome character for the hit TV show is a dream come true. Mark also introduced creating animatics to the production team (it used to take too long but we do them in real time). The directors love seeing their vision come to life before the camera roll.
Mark Simon has always been a huge comic book fan with over 7,000 comics in his collection. He collected Black Lightning from the very first issue. Being able to draw this awesome character for the hit TV show is a dream come true. Mark also introduced creating animatics to the production team (it used to take too long but we do them in real time). The directors love seeing their vision come to life before the camera roll.
