Mark Yturralde - Co-Writer/Producer

Always an avid reader, it began early for Mark Yturralde. And it began with comic books. From Superman, to MAD magazine, to everything in between Mark made a point to read as many comics as he could get his hands on and since he would go to his neighborhood comic book store on a weekly basis, that amounted to a lot of comic books.
He had a dream of creating comics, but drawing was never his strong suit. To Mark, however, that wasn’t an obstacle. If he couldn’t draw comics, then would write them. So, early on, he began writing stories in elementary school, getting high marks from teachers for creativity, if not spelling. This creative outlet continued into high school where he began spinning stories into the ever popular Dungeon and Dragons or Superhero role-playing games that his friends played.
Intrigued with all things new, Mark had an early fascination for, and talent with computers. And while he wasn’t artistic in the drawing sense, he adopted computer graphics hardware and software early on, steering him into a career in digital imaging and color management. But writing was always in the back of his mind.
When his good friend Brian Mix began asking him to read his scripts and offer feedback, he was bitten by the bug. With the longing to write again, Mark went ahead and wrote his first screenplay in eight days; a detailed science fiction action thriller more science than fiction with equal parts thriller and action. He knew his future was set; in fact his first endeavor received a great deal of praise from filmmakers and screenwriters alike.
Mark and Brian decided, eventually, to put up or shut up and the decision was made to produce and finance their own feature. With the assistance of dedicated friends providing much of the needed expertise, The Five Stages of Beer was born. It was a story the two had been discussing for a few years and the decision was reached, as most things between the two, rather easily that Brian would direct their first project with Mark Producing.
Still an avid lover of comic books, Mark sits on the board of the non-profit Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts event in the United States. He continues to write and looks forward to their next project. Although he has since come to the conclusion that Writer/Producer is an impossible job, and that if he ever tries that again, his friends should step in and get him professional help.

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