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I was born in France. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Europe and the U.S, filling out sketchbooks with drawings of my travels. Today I live out my passion for storytelling and drawing as a children’s book writer-illustrator, an animator, and graphic artist. I started my writing and illustrating comics in Europe, and continued it as a visual development artist for Hollywood studios the likes of Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Disney and Sony. I collaborated with two times Oscar winner, Brad Bird, and worked on productions by Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

More recently, I was a producer on an Netflix Original Animated Series and co-created animated shows for Amazon and PBS. I've written and illustrated numerous picture books who have been translated in French, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, and German. In my day job I run the Los Angeles based animation studio, Marc Lumer Productions.

BENNY‘S MITZVAH NOTES

HACHAI PUBLISHING

Every day, Benny’s mother writes him a mitzvah note, and his father draws a picture on it...

This book was selected by The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee as a notable book of the year for younger readers for 2014.

HASHEM IS TRULY EVERYWHERE

HACHAI PUBLISHING

Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere! Join Benny and Tzvi, as they go for a walk to look and see, up and down and all around, exactly where Hashem can be found!

HILLEL AND THE PAPER MENSCHIES

HAMODIA TREASURES & ISRAEL BOOKSHOP

Co-written with Mindy Blumenfeld, and based on her original story, this heartfelt true story takes young readers on a journey of courage, resilience, and compassion as a brave little boy confronts both physical and inner challenges.

THE TORAH BOOK OF OPPOSITES

HACHAI PUBLISHING

In this charming board book, the torah goes IN and OUT of the Aron Hakodesh. There are BIG Torahs for the grownups and SMALL ones for kids. We lift the Torah UP, then gently put it DOWN. Letters are black, parchment is white…

Roar!

Lions

on the

Floor

Unpublished

The story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den retold told from the lions’ point of view: Daniel’s faith is clear, not because someone has to tell us, but because the lions, all claws and jaws, can’t eat him. Why? Because Daniel’s prayers, like a superhero’s superpowers, stop them.

CAN YOU HEAR A COO COO?

KAR-BEN PUBLISHER

A playful and innovative introduction to a familiar story: Surprise, it’s a board book about Noah’s Ark, although readers might not immediately recognize the familiar story. At first glance this cheerful board book seems to be about animal sounds.

BEHRMAN HOUSE

When a young boy immigrates to America in the early 1900's, he builds a friendly mud monster to protect him. But as he begins to feel safe in his new home, the golem must find something else to do.

Story board for a feature adaptation

MY LITTLE PRAYER AND STORY BOOK

FROM THE WESTERN WALL

WESTRN WALL HERITAGE FOUNDATION

This charming little book takes young through the history of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, teaching them prayers to say there.

BEHRMAN HOUSE

Fantastically detailed illustrations filled with humor and whimsy will delight readers in this new telling of the epic Bible story.

In this contemporary retelling of the biblical Tower of Babel story, the people of Babel are presented though the lens of a very relatable family and their neighborhood. Illustrated with a fantastic attention to detail, each corner of the city and tower are filled with new discoveries that will delight every reader.

MITZVAH CABLE CAR

CHABAD OF SAN FRANCISCO

This colorful San Francisco cable car, turned mobile synagogue, was designed to find people where they are in the city, calling the daily services an “afternoon spiritual espresso” where Jews can come to pray, rejuvenate themselves and connect with the community.

THE TORAH - SYNAGOGUE EDITION

KEHOT PUBLICATION SOCIETY

Cover design and interior Illustrations created for this innovative single-volume synagogue edition of the Kehot Chumash.

FILL

THE

WORLD WITH LIGHT

BENNY FRIEDMAN

CD cover design and illustration.

HIGH HOLIDAY CALENDAR

MAAYON YISROEL

Maayon Yisroel, is a Los Angeles based learning center which mission is to rejuvenate Yiddishkeit by showing how mystical ideas can be applied

to modern life.

HOLE IN THE HEAD PUSHKA

CHABAD LUBAVITCH

This quirky little charity box, featuring Zaidy from “The Torah was created to get a chuckle out of people as they are preforming the mitzvah of giving tzedakah.