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Illustrator, Rebecca Cobb
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  
Simon Otto (How to Train Your Dragon trilogy).

The three books in the series written by Curtis (published by Puffin) — The Empty Stocking, Snow Day and That Christmas — tell charming family stories taking place in the run-up to Christmas in a small English beach town.

THAT CHRISTMAS TOP TEAM

FEATURE CREW & TALENT

DIRECTOR
Simon Otto (How to Train Your Dragon trilogy).

PRODUCERS
Netflix and Disney veteran Nicole P. Hearon (Moana, Frozen) 
​Adam Tandy (The Thick of It, Detectorists) 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Elisabeth Murdoch, Sarah Smith, Julie Lockhart, Bonnie Arnold, Richard Curtis, Peter Souter, Colin Hopkins and the books’ illustrator, Rebecca Cobb.

SCREEN PLAY
Richard Curtis/ Peter Souter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn (His Dark Materials, Black Mirror)

HEAD OF STORY
Ashley Boddy (Ron’s Gone Wrong, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Ron's Gone Wrong))

VFX SUPERVISOR
CTO/SVP of Digital Production Doug Ikeler (Arthur Christmas, Open Season)

ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Kapil Sharma (Ron’s Gone Wrong, Trolls) 

DIGITAL PRODUCTION
DNEG Animation

FILM EDITING 
Sim Evan-Jones (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek)

HEAD OF LAYOUT
Dave Edwardz (Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Mary Poppins Returns)