Stephan Franck

Stephan Franck
Franck at the 2024 WonderCon
Nationality	French – American
Occupation(s)	Animator, writer, director, comics creator
Notable work	Corneil & Bernie The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Silver What If...?

Stephan Franck is a Franco-American animator, writer, director, and comics creator. In 2013, he received an Annie Award nomination for Best Director for a direct to video or TV broadcast for The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Franck supervised the animation of season 1 of the Disney + animated series Marvel Studio’s What If…? and directed the season 2 opener “What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?” ^[6] ^[7]

In 2014, Franck was nominated for the Russ Manning Award^[8] for the first volume of the graphic novel series Silver which he writes and illustrates.^[9]^[10]^[11] In 2017, it was announced that writer Andrew Cosby was attached to write a movie adaptation of the Silver series.^[12] In 2022, the publishing of Silver moved from Dark Planet ^[13] to Abrams Books's ComicArts Imprint. ^[14] Franck's neo-noir graphic novel series Palomino debuted in 2020 ^[15]^[16], with 2 more volumes released in 2023, earning Franck a 2024 Ringo Award nomination.

Franck is also the co-creator of the animated TV show Corneil & Bernie.

Award nominations

Russ Manning Award Nomination – 2014 "Silver Volume 1" (Dark Planet)
Annie Award Nomination – 2014 Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production – The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (Sony Pictures Animation)
Ringo Award Nomination – 2024 "Palomino Volume 2 and 3" (Dark Planet)

References

^ Hill, Jim (September 17, 2013). "Why Stephan Franck Was Drawn to Use Hand-drawn Animation on The Legend of Smurfy Hollow". HuffPost.
^ "Stephan Franck talks 'The Legend of Smurfy Hollow'". Animation World Network.
^ "Director Stephan Franck Returns 'The Smurfs' To Their Hand-Drawn Roots". Cartoon Brew. September 19, 2013.
^ "Classic Smurfs Return in 'Legend of Smurfy Hollow'". Entertainment Tonight. September 10, 2013.
^ Zahed, Ramin (September 14, 2013). "Rising Stars of Animation".
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14169970/?ref_=ttep_ep1
^ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/12/tune-in-marvels-what-if-returns-with-jeffrey-wright-boarding-roster-of-mcu-stars/
^ "Nominees announced for 2014 Russ Manning Award – CBR". cbr.com. May 30, 2014.
^ "Best Shots Comic Reviews: ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #1, BATMAN #36, More". Newsarama. March 31, 2021.
^ "You Need to Read This Crowdfunded Comic About the Plot to Steal Dracula's Silver". Nerdist.
^ "Free Comic Book Day 2018: A Guide to the Best Bets and the Best Avoided". NPR.
^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 5, 2017). "'Silver' Mettle For 'Hellboy' Scribe Andrew Cosby".
^ https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/207174-FCBD18-Interview-Gothic-Drama-Frames-Dark-Planets-Silver
^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4197-5859-1
^ https://laist.com/news/entertainment/palomino-country-music-comic-book-graphic-novel-stephan-franck
^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/cowboy-comic-palomino-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-1289845/