Career
Young is the current chief operating officer of MoonScoop. After the pair married in the 1970s, Young"s stepson Richard Finn (later head of post-production at MYP), was having trouble falling asleep. Young invented stories about a teddy bear and Finn told his school friends the wonderful stories, which resulted in the SuperTed books, co-produced with Young.
They approached the newly-formed Welsh television channel S4C and secured a commission to produce an animated series of Superted.
Due to the success of the initial series, it was re-dubbed in English. A special edition was made for the Welsh Office which instructed children on the "dos" and "don"ts" of road safety.
The series sold well in the United Kingdom, and was followed by the more ambitious Fantastic Max (with Hanna-Barbera) and Little Dracula (with Steven Hahn Productions). Young found it difficult to sell his series to Hollywood executives without a local presence there so in 1989 the family moved to Los Angeles, selling their rights to Super Ted and shares owned in Siriol Animation to finance the move and to set up Mike Young Productions, now called Splash Entertainment.
The company"s first production was P. J. Sparkles, after which it was involved in many other animated series, including The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Carolina Cats (co-produced with the Dave Edwards Studio), The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, He-Manitoba and the Masters of the Universe, Pet Alien, Jakers! Young"s company has also created a series of caricatures at Cardiff City Stadium.
Personal life
A football fanatic, he is a life-long supporter of Cardiff City F.C., and runs a junior soccer league in California.
