Cast & Crew

Directed by

Reinhard Klooss
Holger Tappe
Kicel Tirim

Writing Credits

Oliver Huzly
(screenplay)
Reinhard Klooss
(screenplay)
Erich Kästner
(book)
Sven Severin
(screenplay) (as Sven Severin)

Cast

James Corden
Billy
Stephen Fry
Socrates
Andy Serkis
Charles
Billie Piper
Bonnie
Dawn French
Angie
Joanna Lumley
Giselle
Vanessa Redgrave
Winifred
Jim Broadbent
Winston
Jason Donovan
Toby
Omid Djalili
Bongo
Sean Schemmel
The Rhinoceros 'Biggie'
Marc Thompson
The Waterbuffalo Chino
Jason Griffith
The Chimpanzee 'Toto'
Mischa Goodman
Billy's son 'Junior'
Elisabeth Williams
Meerkat 1
Jessica Owen
Meerkat 2
Erica Schroeder
The Polar Bear 'Sushi'
Tom Wayland
The Anteater 'Bob'
Veronica Taylor
The Mole / Maya (voice) (as Veronica Taylor/Kim Holland)
James Carter Cathcart
Vulture 2
Ruben Lloyd
Vulture 1
Gary McHenley
Vulture 3
Oliver Wyman
The Tasmanian Devil 'Smiley'
Oliver Green
The Koala Bear 'Ken'
Michael Glover
Mr. Smith
Marc Diraison
Cook
Ben Howard
Chef de Cuisine
Nicola Devico Mamone
Büffel Chino
Billy Dobson
The Animals of Okavango Delta / Springbok (voice)
Thomas Fritsch
Löwe Sokrates
Rainer Fritzsche
Buck Warzenschwein
Peter Groeger
Schildkröte Winston
Christoph Maria Herbst
Hahn Charles
Miles Jupp
Fat Political
Oliver Kalkofe
Hoteldirektor Smith
Bianca Krahl
Giraffe Gisela
Uli Krohm
Koch
Bastian Pastewka
Elefantenkuh Angie
Doug Preis
Hunter
Peter Preis
Wildebeest
Margot Rothweiler
Schildkröte Winifred
Frank Schaff
Erdmännchen
Ralf Schmitz
Erdmännchen Billy
Tilo Schmitz
Nashorn Biggie
Shakira
The Ostrich 'Shakira'
Stephen Stanton
The Warthog 'Buck'
Marianne Sägebrecht
Ma'Besa Flusspferd
Constantin von Jascheroff
Erdmännchen
Santiago Ziesmer
Affiger Friseur Bongo

Produced by

Reinhard Klooss
producer
Martin Moszkowicz
executive producer
Eckhart Schmidt
associate producer
Holger Tappe
producer
Bernhard Thür
line producer

Music by

David Newman

Editing by

Alexander Dittner

Production Design by

Henning Ahlers
Jens Benecke
Nick Zieske
(production design)

Art Direction by

Jerry Grobuck
production art director

Production Management

Sebastian Riemen
executive production manager / production manager
Bernhard Thür
production executive

Art Department

Andrew Adamson
storyboard artist
Hakan Akögretmen
Character Modeling
Takan Akögretmen
Character Modeling
Jens Benecke
storyboard artist
Lars Benecke
set designer
Sidney DeSeve
character designer
Tanja Erdmann
props
Tuki Dan Erik
concept artist
Nathan Fowkes II
visual development artist
Tim Förhvuy
Character Modeling
Michael Gothias
concept artist / concept artist: Art Department
Michael Gothias
concept artist: Art Department
Saskia Gutekunst
visual development artist
Boris Kiselicki
storyboard artist
Gary Lock
props
Peter Logern
Character Modeling
Alexander Lozano
storyboard artist (credit only)
Doug Mantel
storyboard artist
Michael Mantel
storyboard artist
Greg Manwaring
storyboard artist
Celïa Mchonney
assistant art director
Luba Medekova-Klein
storyboard artist
Ralf Nievelstein
storyboard artist
Peter Oedekoven
storyboard artist
Peter Popken
concept artist
Jeff Pratt
storyboard artist
Christian Puille
storyboard artist
Daniela Raisig
storyboard artist
Peter Charles Robinson
visual development artist
David Scherr
environment modeling
Thies Schwarz
set designer
Magdalena Sorgenlos-Chrzanowska
Character Modeling
Wolfram Spaeth
Character Modeling
Stefan Speth
illustrator
Adam Van Wyk
storyboard artist
Michael Paul Vogt
set designer
Marcus Wagenführ
set designer
Rebecca Wood
prop painter
Tyler Yicker
poster artist
Ulrich Zeidler
concept artist

Sound Department

Jan Bloemeke
sound effects editor
Stefan Busch
supervising sound editor
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard
sound editor
Frederic Gibert
recording studio manager
Manni Gläser
sound post production manager
Michael Kranz
re-recording mixer
Heiko Müller
sound effects editor
Christoph Oertel
additional adr recording
Sandra Prüsmann
dialogue editor
Nils Rademacher
dialogue editor / sound effects editor
Chris Rebay
dialogue editor
Carsten Richter
foley artist
Benjamin A. Rosenkind
re-recording mixer
Hanse Warns
foley mixer

Visual Effects by

Nguyen Nhat An
modeler
Michael R.W. Anderson
stereo artist
Meilhon Arnaud
character models
Graham Ashworth
character texture painter
Sabri Badri
texturing supervisor: prop & set
Robin Baltruschat
motion capture data: cleanup
Guillaume Barlier
character texture painter
Angus Bencke
lighting technical director
Kamal Bhardwaj
lighting
Fabio Bonvicini
senior cloth technical director
Angie Boos
character texture painter / character texture painter: "Buck the Warthog" / character texture painter: "Croc The Crocodile" / character texture painter: "Gemsbok" / character texture painter: "Hippo" / character texture painter: "Lizard" / character texture painter: "Ostrich" / character texture painter: "Rat" / character texture painter: "Superb Starling" / character texture painter: "Waiter" / character texture painter: "Weaverbird" / facial setup artist
Marcus Boos
character texture painter / facial setup artist
Stefan Braun
lighting pipeline technical director
Steffen Brosseit
lighting rendering artist
Juliane Busse
character shading/texturing / character texturing / prop/set texturing
Thimla Byanne
modeler
Francesc Camos
senior texture artist
Tamara Carter
lead lighting technical director
Angelo Caruso
digital titles
William Contreras-Hülsemann
lighting
Fabian Czichelski
character texture supervisor
Thomas Damsön
lighting technical director
Alexandra Diaz De Cerio
lighting supervisor
Petra Decker
modelling artist
Beckstein Dennis
lighting artist
Upinder Dhaliwal
crowd technical director
Harold Dobson
character texture painter
Pablo Dobson
character texture painter
Manuel Dongowski
lighting technical director
Antoine Dupagne
modeler
Vanessa Vázquez Durán
end title artist
Kyan Etemadi
lighting artist / modeling artist
Landis R. Fields IV
modeler
Sebastian Fischer
modeler
Haggi Floeser
visual effects supervisor
Haggi Flöser-Krey
hair and fur technical director
Katharina Frank
cloth technical director
Rogier Fransen
lead crowd technical director
Marieke Franzen
senior texture artist
Arno Franzl
lighting technical director
Alexandre Frazao
crowd technical director
Holger Fuchs
marketing: Constantin Film
Alex Fuller
crowd technical director
Gildas Gerdes
hair simulation supervisor
Mathias Gerlach
environment modeler
Paolo Giandoso
concept artist: White Horse Pictures
Pierre Grage
compositing
Niklas Graumann
character modeling & facial artist
Niklas Graumann
character modeling & facial artist / lighting artist
José Maria Guadalupe
modeler
Beka Gwarliani
cloth simulation
Jens Harter
character setup supervisor
Miriam Hatzijordanou
texture artist
Carla Heinzel
character texture supervisor
Laurent Helmlinger
senior layout artist
Frank Hessefort
texturing & shading
Ralf Hietel
cloth technical director
Christian Hotze
art director
Konstantin Hubmann
crowd technical director
Mark Huff
cloth simulation
Simon Isenberg
cloth technical director
Silvio Jemma
crowd td
Benjamin Jones
lighting td
Cyril Kajnar
texturing & shading
Fredrik Kammer
lead lighting technical director / lighting technical director / lighting/rendering technical director
NJ Kapyer
character modeler
Timothy Kenyon
lighting technical director
Clemens Kinder
pipeline technical director / stereoscopic supervisor
Rico Koschmitzky
lighting technical director
Bastian Kramer
cloth setup / cloth simulation / cloth simulation: ambient entertainment / cloth/hair pipeline programming / cloth/hair supervisor / hair/fur development
Adina Krause
character texturing supervisor / compositing artist
Teddy Kristiansen
color script
Daniel Kroog
character modeling supervisor
Sven Kroog
character modeling supervisor
Miguel Lacal
character texture painter / lead character texture artist
Tobias Lawrenz
lighting artist
Jimmy Levinsky
lead character modeler
Florian Linner
character technical director / motion capture
Sebastian Luedke
lighting artist (as Sebastian Lüdke)
Daniel Malig
lighting technical director
Etienne Marc
lead lighting technical director
Florian Martin
supervising digital colorist
Dirk Mauche
modeling artist
Lauren Mellinger
senior layout artist
Olaf Meyer
lighting artist
Matthias Mittelmeyer
lighting supervisor
Marika Moritz
Cloth/Hair Simulation / character cloth
Irina Moroz
lighting td
George Munteanu
concept artist: White Horse Pictures
N.V. Naren
character modeler
Tino Nettling
lighting artist
Dennis Oesterle
cloth simulation
Jörg Pachmann
character texturing supervisor
Michael Peter
lead texture artist character / texture & shading artist
Bernd Peterwerth
hair simulation
Kay Poprawe
texturing & shading
Dominik Pott
character modeler
Stefan Puschendorf
supervising compositor
Nico Rehberg
lead lighting technical director
François Rimasson
character modeler
Daniel Rizea
concept artist: White Horse Pictures
Tino Roeger
character texture painter / lighting technical director
Felix Rothballer
pipeline technical director
Marian Sander
modeling & texturing
Tarkan Sarim
modeler
David Scherr
facial setup artist / lighting artist
Arvid Schneider
lighting
Timo Schnitt
fluid technical director
Christoph Schulte
layout artist: lead scene
Yogesh Sherman
lighting artist
Jelto Siefken
texturing artist
Daniele Siragusano
post stereographer: Cinepostproduction
Kamrul Hassan Sony
lighting artist / lighting
Uwe Stanik
motion capture: art director
Sheldon Stopsack
lighting/rendering technical director
Antonny Sugianto
crowd td
Ben Swinbanks
character texture painter
Pedram Taghdisi
character animator
Philipp Teichrieb
cloth simulation
Chin Tin
modeler
Jason Trilsson
cloth artist
Tilmann Vogt
character animator
Tim Völcker
visual effects technical director
Tino Waschke
compositing technical director / technical director/compositor
Alexander Weide
digital artist: modeling, texture & shading
Gerrit Wemmer
modelling artist
Punn Wiantrakoon
modeler
Philipp Wibisono
lighting artist
Volker Willmann
lighting technical director
Martin Wintzenburg
compositing
Guillaume Wyatt
lighting and rendering / lighting supervisor
Yvonne Zacharias
hair simulation
Dominik Zimmerle
concept artist: White Horse Pictures
Lenka Zuckova
lighting artist / lighting

Stunts

Oliver Bailey
stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

Markus Eckert
witness camera

Animation Department

Abraham Aguilar
animator
Hakan Akögretmen
additional character designer
Sarah Arduini
animator
Dan Barker
animator
Ozan Basaldi
animator
Henning Baumeister
animator / character animator
Martin Bendicks
additional character designer (as Kim Martin) / additional character designer
Roman Bergen
animator
John Berry
animator
Marek Binieda
character texturing supervisor
Kirstin Boettcher
animator
Gerhard Brammer
animator
Ash Brannon
character designer
Jennifer Broala
animator
Nick Bruno
senior animator
Blackira Colvia
animator
Marc Covelo
layout artist
Alex Diestel
character animator
Aleksandar Dokic
character animator
Ümit Dönmez
character animator
Hartmut Engel
layout artist
Michael Enzbrunner
animator
Alexandre Espigares
character animator
Kyan Etemadi
texturing
Rick Farmiloe
animator
Harry Fast
animator / character animator
Waldemar Fast
character animator
Arno Franzl
character animator
Thor Freudenthal
animator
Christian Frieß
additional character design / character modeler / character modelling: and scu;pting
Peter S. Gavis
sculptor
Michael Glans
animator / animator: Ambient Entertainment / character animator
Lennart Glositzki
animator
Felix Graf
character animator
Niklas Graumann
set and prop modeling
Ivo Grigull
character animator
Lars Groeger
set and prop modeling
Patricia Göttsch
character animator
Bünlert Haas
animator
Uwe Heidschötter
character designer
V. Hugo Hernandez Gomez
character animator
Robin Herrmann
animator
Frank Hessefort
character modeler: set-up & texturing
Patrick Heumann
character animator
Ellen Hoffmann
character animator
Eike Hoppmann
animator
Konstantin Hubmann
character animator
Angela Jedek
character animator
Tom Judd
animation
Thorsten Kesse
animation / animator
Martin Kirkhaug
animator
Stefan Klauss
character animator / previs artist
Adina Krause
character texturing lead
Oliver Kurth III
character designer
Oliver Kurth
character designer
László Lenhardt
animator
Andreas Lugert
animator
Alisha Maroke
production assistant
Maheshuwar Minnagaddala
animator
Martin Moch
character animator
Dominique Monfery
supervising animator
Fabian Muller
animatic coordinator (as Fabian Mueller)
Alexa Müller-Heyn
animator
Neü Nazameïlin
character designer
Benedikt Niemann
animation supervisor
Peter Oedekoven
character designer
Thomas Oedekoven
character designer
Monika Oesterle
texturing
Kurt Parton
character animator
Ferenc Petrovics
senior animator
Kristian Plattner
texturing supervisor: prop & set
Kristian Plattner
texturing supervisor: prop & set
Peter Popken
additional character design / additional character designer
Dominik Pott
set and prop modeling
Matthias Reimschüssel
animator / character animator
Ethan Reitz
animation / animator
Sebastian Riemen
animation production manager
Andreas Rohde
senior animator
Christian Sawade-Meyer
character animator
Jan Schmicker
character animator
Carsten Seller
animator / character animator
Valentin Sitnikov
animator
Tom Socke
animator
Oliver Stephan
character designer (as Kazuyuki Igai)
Pedram Taghdisi
character animator
Nicolai Tuma
animation supervisor
Meike Ulferts
character modelling: and scu;pting
Arthur Ulmann
set and prop modeling
Kenneth Vandel
character modeler
Tilmann Vogt
character animator
Joerg Volk
character animator (as Jörg Volk)
Thomas Voß
character animator
Richard Wearmouth
motion editor
Lucas Wendler
character animator
Sidney Yellowbush
sculptor
Steffen Zurmöhle
animator
Jürgen Richter
layout technical assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department

Abigail Barbier
casting coordinator
Louis Elman
casting dubbing director
Ros Hubbard
casting: UK

Editorial Department

Kedro Belrmann
Editor of Bonus Track
Arne Herrmann
editor: german making of
Mark A. Hester
assistant editor

Music Department

Chris Barrett
musician
Geoff Foster
recorded and mixed by
Pia Hoffmann
music supervisor
Gregory Jamrok
orchestrator
Jan-Peter Klöpfel
Orchestration
Tony Mandracchia
musician
Nils Rademacher
music editor
Tom Russbueldt
pro tools operator
Billy Sullivan
musician
Florian Tessloff
scoring supervisor
Jonathan Williams
musician: cello
Warren Zielinski
musician: violin
Bruce White
musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Simon Hauschild
script editor
Stefan Wood
script consultant

Transportation Department

Gregor Banski
transport

Additional Crew

Sebastian Bergau
legal & business affairs: Constantin Film
Bernd Bohnert
production coordinatior
Jon Clifford
technical director: Santx
Stefanie Dresbach
DVD producer
Lars Fanter
marketing: Constantin Film
Pascal Karls
computer systems manager
Martin Knoll
digital laboratory supervisor
Frank Schaff
dubbing director
Daniele Siragusano
postproduction stereographer
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