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That Christmas

In Development

That Christmas is based on the successful series of children’s books by filmmaker Richard Curtis (

Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Yesterday

) and marks the feature film directorial debut of renowned character animation and story artist veteran 

Screenplay & Executive Producer, That Christmas

Richard Curtis is the screenplay and executive producer of That Christmas. He is a film writer and director, responsible for films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Mr Bean, Love Actually, The Boat That Rocked, and most recently Trash, About Time and Yesterday.

Richard Curtis | Screenplay & Executive Producer | That Christmas

Richard Curtis

Producer, That Christmas

Nicole Hearon is the Producer on 'That Christmas'. She began her career at the Walt Disney Studios in its feature animation division, working on such highly successful films as 'Tangled', 'Frozen', 'Moana', and 'Frozen 2'. 

Nicole Hearon | Producer | That Christmas

Nicole Hearon

Art Director, Bad Fairies

Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn is the Production Designer on 'That Christmas'. Previously he worked as the VFX supervisor on the popular series 'Black Mirror' and earned two BAFTA nominations along with recognition from the Art Directors Guild for his work on the same series. 

Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn | Production Designer, That Christmas | Locksmith Animation

Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn

Director, That Christmas

Simon Otto is the Director on 'That Christmas'. Prior to directing, he spent over 20 years working at DreamWorks Animation, most notably as the Head of Character Animation on the Oscar-nominated 'How to Train Your Dragon' trilogy.

Simon Otto | Director, That Christmas | Locksmith Animation

Simon Otto

Director

Nicole Hearon p.g.a

Adam Tandy

Producers

Mary Coleman is the Chief Creative Officer at Locksmith Animation. Mary joined Locksmith from Pixar Animation Studios, where she was Head of Creative Development for 23 years in 2022. During her tenure, Pixar created a legacy of modern classics, including Monsters, Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles (1 and 2,) Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story (2-4), Brave, Inside Out, Finding Dory, Coco, Onward, Soul, Luca, and Turning Red.

Mary Coleman | Chief Creative Officer | Locksmith Animation

Mary Coleman

Natalie Fischer is the CEO of Locksmith Animation. Working closely with Locksmith President of Production and Co-Founder Julie Lockhart, and CCO Mary Coleman, Natalie is guiding the studio’s new phase of growth. Previously, Natalie worked as COO of Illumination Entertainment. 



Natalie Fischer | Chief Executive Officer | Locksmith Animation

Natalie Fischer

President of Production & Founding Partner 

Julie Lockhart is the Co-Founder and President of Production of Locksmith Animation. Her work has received three Academy Award nominations including Best Animated Film in 2013 and 2015. Before Locksmith, she held leadership roles at Aardman Animations and was producer on many of that studio's acclaimed animated shorts, commercials, and TV series, including the Rose D’Or winning Creature Comforts and the Emmy and BAFTA award winning Shaun the Sheep series.

Julie Lockhart | Co-Founder, President of Production | Locksmith Animation

Julie Lockhart

Founder

Elisabeth Murdoch is the founder and chair of Locksmith Animation. She is an entrepreneur and philanthropist in the creative industries.

Elisabeth Murdoch | Founder, Chair | Locksmith Animation

Elisabeth Murdoch

Bonnie Arnold

Lara Breay

Sarah Smith

Rebecca Cobb

Colin Hopkins 

Executive Producers

Screenplay, That Christmas

Peter Souter is the screenplay on That Christmas.

Peter Souter | Screenplay, That Christmas | Locksmith Animation

Peter Souter

Screen Play

Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn 

Production Design

Uwe Heidschötter

Character Design

Mike Redman

Art Director

Ashley Boddy

Head of Story

CTO/SVP Digital Production

Doug Ikeler

VFX Supervisor

Kapil Sharma

Animation Director

DNEG Animation

Digital Production

Editor, Bad Fairies

Sim is the Editor on 'That Christmas'. He worked for 'Amblimation' in London during the early nineties. In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles as one of the first employees of DreamWorks Animation, working on the 'Prince of Egypt' and then cutting the Oscar winning 'Shrek' and 'Shrek 2', as well as helping out on 'Madagascar'.

Sim Evan-Jones | Editor, That Christmas | Locksmith Animation

Sim Evan-Jones

Film Editing

Dave Edwardz

Head of Layout

That Christmas is the second feature animated movie by Locksmith Animation. It's based on the successful series of children’s books by Richard Curtis and is directed by Simon Otto, who spent over 20 years working at DreamWorks Animation, mostly notably as Head of Character Animation on the Oscar-nominated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. That Christmas is coming to Netflix in 2024.

That Christmas | Locksmith Animation