Miles Simerlink

Miles Sebastian Simerlink (nee Reasoner) (born July 16th, 1980) is an American voice-actor, animator, and producer best known for The Trek Gang.

Early Life
Simerlink was born in San Diego as the son of Chris Strong (September 8th, 1960 -), and Claudia Strong (nee Reasoner) and is the younger brother to Andrew Strong (born July 16th, 1971). As a child, Miles was the star of many school plays. Miles was also very good in his Orchestra class. Miles would spend his pastime, impersonating famous cartoon characters, drawing, making cartoons with his brother, and playing the flute, violin, clarinet, and saxophone. Like his older brother, Andrew, he attended the K-12 school, Mount Everest Academy and graduated in 1996.

Career
In 2000, Miles Simerlink graduated from Stanford University with a Master's degree for majoring in the arts. Simerlink joined The Blue Hawaiians band in 2002. However, in 2003, he left the band. He now began focusing on the animation industry more. Starting Winter of 2002, Simerlink began to help as a director and executive producer on his brother's television series Alan & Adian. In Fall 2005, He then began starting production on the pilot for The Jacobs which was pitched to Disney Channel. It had been rejected due to the fact that a show about a family was already made and running for the network, The Proud Family. Miles then pitched the cartoon to Nickelodeon and it was accepted. It then began airing on the Nickelodeon channel starting on May 28, 2006. In Fall of 2006, the recently-married Miles Simerlink and Douglas Simerlink (Miles' wife's father) began to work on a new show and pitched it to Nickelodeon. The show was called Auntie Alyssa's Cinema Palace. The show was approved and then started airing on March 3, 2007. Later that same year, Miles Simerlink began a bond with The Weekenders creator, Doug Langdale and they pitched a cartoon together to Nickelodeon titled Pier Pals. The show was approved and started airing June 21, 2007. in Fall 2007, Miles Simerlink then launched the idea of an E/I programming block on Cartoon Network called The Playdate Mix which was very successful than it's predecessor Tickle U. The Playdate Mix launched on New Years Day, 2009. Simerlink then made his first-original show for the network called The Pamper Buddies which debuted Mid-Winter 2009. In Summer 2013, Simerlink flew to Tokoyo, Japan to meet with Naoko Takeuchi to create an anime-adaptation of his second most popular cartoon, The Jacobs. Toei Animation was then allowed to continue production with the adaptation and first making it's appearance on the Toonami block on Adult Swim in Fall 2013, the 2013 anime adaption of the original series was debuted.

Personal Life
Simerlink met Georgia Simerlink, a writer on Recess, The Proud Family, Kim Possible, The Weekenders, and Executive Producer, Director, Producer, and Writer on ToddWorld in 2002. At the time, Georgia was a Chairwoman at HiT Entertainment USA. Georgia met Simerlink through a meeting to help produce a new show called Auntie Alyssa's Cinema Palace. Georgia and Miles fell in love and approximately 2 years later, they got engaged and Spring 2004, they became married. Miles changed his last name to Simerlink to match Georgia's. Later on that year, Miles met Georgia's family, her sisters Autumn and Dawn, and her father Douglas Simerlink. Miles and Douglas then came together to make Auntie Alyssa's Cinema Palace in which, Doug had stepped up to lead and create. Later on in 2005, Georgia and Miles gave birth to and raised their first child. Their second child was born in 2007, the third in 2008, and the final child, for now, was born in 2009.

Filmography

 * Alan & Adian (Director and Executive Producer)
 * The Jacobs (Creator and Executive Producer)
 * Auntie Alyssa's Cinema Palace (Co-Creator, Producer, Executive Producer, Director, and Writer)
 * Pier Pals (Creator, Producer, Executive Producer, Director, and Writer)
 * The Pamper Buddies (Creator and Executive Producer)
 * The Jacobs (2013 anime) (Creator, Executive Producer, and Writer)