Mike Young

Michael Emlyn "Mike" Young (Born October 13, 1945) is a Welsh-born, U.S.-domiciled, Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning animation producer. He is the founder of two animation companies in both the UK and the US. Young is the current COO of MoonScoop. He is the creator of SuperTed.

His creation began as just a series of stories told to his stepson Richard who had trouble sleeping because he was afraid of the dark. Soon Richard told the stories to his classmates which became very popular. Young then published over 100 stories starring the heroic teddy bear and later S4C and the BBC developed a television series.