Cast & Crew

Directed by

Yoram Gross

Writing Credits

Yoram Gross
(original story)
Yoram Gross
(screenplay) &
John Palmer
(screenplay)

Cast

Drew Forsythe
Danny the Swagman (live action segments) / Santa Claus (animated segments) (voice)
Barbara Frawley
Dot / Zebra / French Swallow (voice)
Ron Haddrick
Grumblebones / Frog / Circus Elephant / Tiger / British Lion (voice)
Anne Haddy
Dozeyface / Angry Mum / Natasha (voice)
Ross Higgins
Reindeer / Mr. Nagamora / Kite Judge / Ringmaster (voice)
Ben Alcott
Ben (live action segments)
Ashley Ayre
Dot (live action segments)
Frank Gott
Additional Actor (live action segments)
Marli Mason
Additional Actress (live action segments)

Produced by

Sandra Gross
associate producer
Yoram Gross
producer

Music by

Bob Young

Cinematography by

Chris Ashbrook
(as Christopher Ashbrook) (live action)
John Barnard
(live action)

Editing by

Des Horne
(as Des Horn)
Jennifer Kretzschmar
Christopher Plowright
Colin Waddy
(as Collin Waddy)

Makeup Department

Cheryl Coil
makeup artist
Josy Knowland
makeup artist (as Josie Knowland)

Production Management

Jan Carruthers
production manager: live action
Kelly Duncan
production manager: animation
John Palmer
production manager: live action
Jeanette Toms
production manager: animation

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jan Carruthers
assistant director

Art Department

John Burningham
artwork: 'Seasons' sequence
Nicholas Harding
storyboard artist
Athol Henry
storyboard artist
Ray Nowland
storyboard artist
Andrew Szemenyei
storyboard artist
Joshua Turnbull
construction
Luca Turnbull
construction

Sound Department

Julian Ellingworth
sound recordist (as Julian Ellingsworth)
Margaret Evans
additional recordist
John Franks
sound recordist
George Hart
sound mixer
John Herron
additional recordist (as John Herran)
John Hollingworth
sound recordist
Doug McMurdo
additional recordist
Gordon Wraxall
additional recordist

Special Effects by

Graham Beatty
pyrotechnics (as Grahme Beatty)

Camera and Electrical Department

Bob Evans
cinematographer: animation
Geoffrey Manias
assistant camera (as Jeoffrey Menias)
Derek Neal
lighting
Jenny Ochse
cinematographer: animation
Wayne Taylor
assistant cinematographer

Animation Department

Lynda Amos
paint and trace artist
Jan D'Silva
inbetween artist
Zbigniew Dromirecki
background artist
Ruth Edelman
paint and trace supervisor
Amber Ellis
background artist
Ariel Ferrari
inbetween artist (as Arial Ferrari)
Martin Gallagher
inbetween artist (as Martin Gallaghen)
Liz Goodwin
paint and trace artist (as Elizabeth Goodwin)
Nicholas Harding
animator / character designer
Eva Helischer
inbetween artist
Lyn Hennessy
paint and trace artist
Ted Hennessy
paint and trace artist
Athol Henry
animator / character designer
John Hill
animator
Tony Hill
paint and trace artist
Lianne Hughes
inbetween artist
Sharon Jackson
paint and trace artist (as Sharyn Jackson)
I.B. Kazda
paint and trace artist
John King
inbetween artist
Boris Kozlov
paint and trace artist (as Boris Koslov)
Gennady Kozlov
paint and trace artist (as Ginnady Koslov)
Babetta Latooy
paint and trace artist
Cynthia Leech
animator
Svetlana Lin
paint and trace artist
Glen Lovett
paint and trace artist
Robert Malherbe
inbetween artist
Paul Maron
animator (as Paul Marron) / inbetween artist (as Paul Marron)
Brenda McKie-Chat
inbetween artist (as Brenda McKie)
Narelle Meils
paint and trace artist
Chris Minos
animator
Astrid Nordheim
inbetween artist
Ray Nowland
animation director / animator / character designer / layout artist
Dagmar Persan
paint and trace artist
Vicki Robinson
inbetween artist
Kevin Roper
animator
Ann Rossell
paint and trace artist
Vaclav Smejkal
paint and trace artist
Robyn Smith
paint and trace artist
Jaki Sommerich
inbetween artist
Michael Sutton
paint and trace artist
Andrew Szemenyei
animator / character designer
Jeanette Toms
paint and trace artist
Maria Veness
paint and trace artist
Stella Wakil
inbetween artist (as Stella Wakel)
Bruce Warner
paint and trace artist
Fiona Warner
paint and trace artist
Kaye Watts
animator / inbetween artist
Olga Zahorsky
paint and trace artist

Editorial Department

Margaret Cardin
negative matcher
Lyn Hennessy
assistant editor
Robert Simpson
assistant editor
Lindy Trost
assistant editor

Music Department

Martin Benge
music mixer: songs
Bob Young
music arranger

Additional Crew

Jan Carruthers
researcher
Janelle Dawes
production secretary
Margaret Lovell
production secretary
Meg Rowed
production coordinator
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