An International Production
Friends and Heroes has been produced by Friends & Heroes Productions Ltd, a company operating in the Isle of Man.
All pre-production and design work is being carried out in the UK by a highly experienced animation team, with the
script-writing team based in Los Angeles, USA. Voice recordings were undertaken inToronto, Canada whilst Animation
took place in England and Korea. Post-Production is completed at BBCWales, Cardiff.
Brian D Brown & Eric J Danenberg -
Joint Series Creators
Brian Brown and Eric were also involved in writing for the
Storykeepers
project.
Gary Kurtz -
Supervising Producer - Series 1
The award-winning producer of many films including
American Graffiti, Star Wars
and
The Empire Strikes Back
, has
been active in the UK animation, television and film industries for the last fifteen years.
Naomi Jones - Producer -
Series 2 & 3; Senior Line Producer - Series 1
Naomi is based in Cardiff, Wales. Her impressive CV includes the S4C/BBC production of Testament, and the animated
feature film
The Miracle Maker
amongst her achievements to date.
Dave Osborne -
Supervising Director
Dave is a leading animation director with a wide range of credits for several major UK animation producers, including
Cosgrove Hall Animation and Telemagination.
Alan Batson -
Production Designer
Previously an advertising Art Director, Alan was trained by the Walt Disney Company and has operated a freelance
career for over 10 years, working closely with Disney on Standard, Classic and Pixar characters, and has designed
characters, merchandise and publishing on projects for a varied client base including Hanna-Barbera, 20th Century
Fox, Warner Bros, BBC and Hasbro.
Karl Twigg & Mark Topham -
Music Composers
Karl and Mark have created many hits for Pete Waterman Limited and are responsible for composing the stunning title
track for
Friends and Heroes
and all its background music.
LaurenWaterworth -
Lead Vocalist
The powerful voice on the Friends and Heroes title track, “Looking for a Hero”, belongs to LaurenWaterworth. Lauren
has toured the UK with No 1 boyband “Westlife” and has appeared on the BBC’s “Songs of Praise” Christmas Special
alongside Sir Cliff Richard. She was thrilled to be asked to record “Looking for a Hero” with Topham and Twigg.
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