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Jonathan Brown and the Lost Penguin

Fiction, Australia 2007, 13'36

Director: Sarah Stephen
Producer: Nick Roffey

Director of Photography: Stefan Duscio"When Jonathan Brown, eccentric outback inventor, discovers a penguin in his backyard - a victim of melting polar icecaps - he and grandson Jack must travel to Antarctica in his thought powered flying machine. Encountering the realities of global warming on their flight across Australia, Jonathan realises that sometimes, positive thinking isn't enough."

Director: Sarah Stephen
Producer: Nick Roffey
Director of Photography: Stefan Duscio
Visual Effects and
Technical Consultant:   Thomas Pullar
Animation: Liviu Ionescu
Starring: Reg Gorman as Jonathan Brown, Michael Jaske as Jack, Ray Martin, John Faine, Joan Aitken as Lily
1st Assistant Director: Johnie Stanley
Sound Recordist: Waine C Paris
Camera Assistants: Ari Wegner, Alex Murray, Andrew Nowrojee
Gaffers : Andrew Nowrojee, Aleks Badham,   Adam Murfet, Kerri Selby-Hele
Boom: Tim Austin, Tadgh Dinnage, Andrew Elliott, Adam Murfet, Gary Pendergast, Amy Stephen
Still Photography: Andrzej Gwidalski
Puppetry: Lyall Morris
Puppet Design and Construction: Timothy Wells
Puppet Construction Consultants: Al Martinez, Al Martinez Studios, Phillip Millar, Greg McKee
Production Design: Jemila MacEwan
Flying Machine Design: Nick Roffey, Sarah Stephen
Flying Machine Construction: Nick Roffey,      Sarah Stephen, Jemila MacEwan, Thorin Quinn, Dave Hess, Mark Postlethwaite, Cherie Call, Ceres Community Park
Props: Nick Roffey with Robert Aitken, Mick Colgan, Kate Crofts, Lusy Jaske, Reg Gorman, Jemila MacEwan, Thorin Quinn, Karen Stephen, Amy Stephen, Toorak College, Mount Eliza
Visual Effects by Thomas Pullar with Nick Bitar, David J Quinn, Steve Trevaskis, Gerard Wills
Additional Effects: Chris Mylrea
Map Artwork and Design by Maren Krüger
Visual Effects Plates:
Sky Photography: Nick Roffey, Sarah Stephen
Outback Photography: Mimi d'Auvergne
Uluru Photography: Kevin Connors
Outback Footage: Sarah Stephen, Nick Roffey
Sydney Photography: Nick Roffey
Sydney Footage: Bettina Dalton, Wild Visuals
Hazelwood Footage: Sarah Stephen, Nick Roffey
Bushfire Footage: Martin Anderson, for the CFA (Country Fire Authority) Rawdon Sthradher for the DSE released with kind permission of Cindy Han, Department of Sustainability
Flame Footage: Pablo Labañino
Ocean Photography: Nick Roffey
Antarctica Photography: Wade Fairley, Frederique Olivier
Antarctica Footage: Bettina Dalton, Wild Visuals
Music Composed by Adam Simmons
Music Engineer: Miles Mumford, Sound Research Centre
Played by Gideon Brazil – Saxophone, flute; Karine Descoubès – Piano accordion; Anthony Frantz – Trumpet; Tony Hicks – Soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute, piccolo; Joshua Holt – Double Bass; Luigi Portararo – Percussion; Will Poskitt - Piano; Kynan Robinson – Trombone; Adam Simmons -  Soprano saxophone, flute, Alto flute, piccolo; Stax – didgeridoo
Penguin Sounds: Guillaume Dargaud
Australia Antarctic Division
Project Manager for NUFF Global: Hermann Greuel
Editor: Sarah Stephen
Colour Grade: Chris Mylrea
Sound Design: Sarah Stephen
Sound Mixer: Peter Frost
Catering: Kate Crofts, Jinna Cooshna, Amy Stephen   , Karen Stephen
Chaperones: Lusy Jaske, Jan Jaske
Legal Advice: Stephen Baker
Runners: Kate Crofts, Tadgh Dinnage, Amy Stephen, Karen Stephen
Special Thanks to                               
Al Martinez Studios, David Aroin, Hugh Burton, Tracey Claire, Bettina Dalton, Carol Gregory, Cindy Han, Lesley Hughes, Wade Fairley, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Nicollete Freeman, Paul Fletcher, Rami Freiha, Peter Frost, Pablo Labanino, Gordon Lyon, Greg McKee, Philip Millar, Thorin Quinn, Mark Postelthwaite, David Price, Polly Staniford, Frederique Olivier, Robert Stephenson, Toorak College, Mount Eliza, Mark Williams, Min Vavala, Victorian College of the Arts, and the Committee
Presented by NUFF Global
Sponsored by Minor Foundation
Copyright Bust Stop Productions, Victoria Australia, 2007
University of Melbourne/VCA
Leemac
CFA
Drumtek School of Music
Toorak College
Didgeman
Australian Government Department of Environmental and Water Resources Australian Antarctic Division
Department of Sustainability and Environment
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges
NUF Global
This film is carbon neutral
Copyright Bus Stop Productions 2007

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