Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Don Spencer

Writing Credits

Wilbert Awdry
(based on the railway series by) (as The Rev W Awdry) &
Britt Allcroft
(created by) &
Andrew Brenner
(written for the screen by)
Wilbert Awdry
(original story) (uncredited)
Sam Wilkinson
(additional material) (uncredited)

Cast

Mark Moraghan
Narrator
Teresa Gallagher
Annie and Clarabel (UK & US) / Judy (UK & US) / The Passengers (UK & US) (voice)
John Hasler
Thomas (UK)
William Hope
Edward (US)
Joseph May
Thomas (US)
Rob Rackstraw
James (US)
Christopher Ragland
Troublesome Trucks (UK & US)
Kerry Shale
Henry (US) / Gordon (US) (voice)
Tim Whitnall
Jerome (UK & US)
Keith Wickham
Edward (UK) / Henry (UK) / Gordon (UK) / James (UK) / Glynn (UK & US) / Sir Topham Hatt (UK & US) / Gordon's Driver (UK & US) / James' Guard (UK & US) / The Knapford Station Worker (UK & US) / The Signalmen (UK & US) / The Workmen (UK & US) / The Passengers (UK & US) (voice)

Produced by

Michael Carrington
executive producer: HiT Entertainment (uncredited)
Stephen Gallop
executive producer: Arc Productions
Kallan Kagan
executive producer: Arc Productions
Jennifer Kun
producer: Arc Productions (as Jennifer Hill)
Ian McCue
producer: HiT Entertainment

Music by

Peter Hartshorne
(music by)

Editing by

Gavin Ebedes
Adam Garner

Art Direction by

Boris Andreev

Production Management

Tracy Blagdon
assistant production manager
Michael Carrington
executive in charge of production
Alan Kennedy
post producton supervision
Leiki Veskimets
assistant production manager
Sarah Williams
production manager: Arc Productions
Micaela Winter
production manager

Art Department

Myke Bakich
storyboard artist
Ian Cherry
storyboard artist
Trevor Hierons
storyboard artist
Andy Ng
art (as Andy NG) / designer (as Andy NG)
Elva Wang
art / designer
C. Reginald Dalby
illustrations: end credits (uncredited)
Reginald Payne
illustrations: end credits (uncredited)

Sound Department

Jm Finch
dubbing mixer
Marty O'Brien
sound editor
Chris Renshaw
recording engineer
Jake Roberts
sound supervisor
Christopher Swaine
sound editor (as Chris Swaine)
Barnaby Templer
sound supervisor

Visual Effects by

Reza Abolmolouk
production engineering
Comyar M. Aghdam
lighting & compositor
Gal Anafi
lighting and compositing
Nicholas Anderson
production engineering
Mike Bahadoor
environment artist (as Michael Bahadoor)
Dean Blaser
vfx artist
Phil Bredehoeft
environment artist (as Philip Bredehoeft)
Max Brown
modelling and rigging
Alexi Chabane
texture artist
Steven Mark Chen
lighting and compositing supervisor
Piero D'Aloisio
layout finaling lead
Robert Dale
lighting and compositing (as Rob Dale)
Julio Del Hierro
texture artist lead
Chris Derewianko
environment artist (as Christopher Derewianko)
James Deschenes
production engineering
Simon Fung
lighting and compositing lead
Irwin Gamalinda
texture artist
Tyson Groth
vfx lead
John Hickson
systems architect
Sarah Jargstorf
modelling and rigging
Ian Kim
modelling and rigging lead
Jeffrey Klug
render wrangler (as Jeff Klug)
Ruby Lee
lighting and compositing
Leo Li
layout finaling
Hong-Mao Lin
texture artist (as Hong-Mao 'Jeff' Lin)
Comyar M. Aghdam
lighting and compositing (as Comyar Aghdam)
Sean Macrae
render supervisor
Vicken Mavlian
production engineering
Kevin McBride
lighting and compositing
Sean Montgomery
key lighter
Victoria Mothersill
render wrangler
Markus Ng
production engineering
Sean O'Reilly
layout finaling (as Shaun O'Reilly)
Zebulon Pike
lighting and compositing
Robert Pringle
pipeline supervisor
Simeon Remedios
environment artist (as Simeon Anthony Remedios)
Amal-Marie Samuel
lighting and compositing (as Amal Marie Samuel)
Balaji Santhanam
lighting and compositing
Christoph Schoch
modelling and rigging
Nevil Sidhwa
production engineering
Felipe Siem
compositor / lighting artist
Joseph Soloway
lighting and compositing
Daniel St-Amant
lighting and compositing
Michael Sun
effects artist
David Sushi
render wrangler
Kelvin Tam
texture artist
Ferryanto Tantono
layout finaling
Celso Teixeira
modelling and rigging
Yingjie Zhang
layout finaling (as Yingjie Zhan)

Animation Department

Dianna Basso
animation lead
Adam Beck
head of animation
Evgeny Berbasov
cg supervisor
Jenna Byun
animation
Dennis Michael Chan
animation
Joshua Fraiman
layout artist
Michael Helmer
layout lead (as Mike Helmer)
Beatrice Imrie
animation
Winona Janega
animation
Jubey Jose
animation
Dhruv Joshi
animation (as Druv Joshi)
Subhanker Sen
animation (as Subhankar Sen)
Ki Eun Suh
animation
Michelle Tang
layout artist
Daniel Theriault
animation (as Daniel Thériault)
Catherine Wideman
layout artist (as Cat Wideman)
Joe Yeh
animation
Jessica Zanetti
animation

Editorial Department

Thomas Holborow
on-line editor
Michèle Klaponski
assistant editor (as Michele Klaponski)
Ryan Quaglia
post production assistant

Music Department

Junior Campbell
original songs composed by / original themes composed by
Robert Hartshorne
performer: "A Really Useful Engine" / "The Troublesome Trucks Song" / songs by
Mike O'Donnell
original songs composed by / original themes composed by

Additional Crew

Juliette Bearman
legal and business affairs
Rob Burton
vp of technology
Daniel Carter
production accountant
Simon Chang
production technology lead
Matt Collie
lead technical director / software developer
Christopher Crocetti
production software development
Terry Dale
vp of infrastructure and training
Karen Davies
director of content services
Andrew Defty
production accountant
Meg Dryden
production coordinator
Jos'h R.L. Fuller
production software development
Stephanie Gauthier Watson
production coordinator
Avi Katz
production software development
Juhyun Daniel Lee
software development
Lana Melnichuk
software development
Sharon Miller
voice director
Sharon Quick
contracts manager
Michelle Rodda
production coordinator
Mark Ryan
production technology support
Agathe Sulmont
production coordinator
Senthuran Thayalan
manager production finance
Sam Wilkinson
railway consultant
Yungsiow Yang
software development
R.J. Zhou
production technology support (as RJ Zhou)
Robin Gay
global marketing director (uncredited)
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