Marc Haimes was born in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is known for the writer of Oscar Nominated and Annie Award winning stop motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), the upcoming Ultraman on Netflix, Nimona (2023) on Netflix, and TV show Lost Ollie on Netflix (2022), Men in Black II (2002), Transformers (2007), and Hotel for Dogs. He has been married to Karen KC Chan since 2018.