JERRY HIBBERT started animating in 1970 and is now one of London’s most respected and experienced animation directors. He first shot to fame with his work on the SOUTH BANK SHOW titles. Jerry's studio, Hibbert Ralph, established in 1982, is 28 years later still in production on a broad slate of advertising commercials for international clients. The studio has also developed new ‘Redboard’ animation software now being used by the industry. HRA’s sister company, HRTV, has completed over 20 hours of television entertainment, including the hit children's series, TRACTOR TOM and FIREMAN SAM. FIREMAN SAM AND THE GREAT FIRE, which Jerry directed, was released theatrically.

ROBERT CHANDLER is an RTS award-winning producer. He worked for many years as a freelance producer, writer and director across UK television for companies such as Tiger Aspect, Shine and TalkbackThames, making programmes for channels BBC1, BBC3, Five, Discovery, and Disney. He ran an animation studio, Chase, for four years, growing it from a small business to a studio of international repute, creating work for the BBC, Sony and games giant, EA. He is currently writing two live-action features, THE HAUNTING OF A KING and YELLOW, and producing two animated series for The Disney Channel, RIKKI DOOM and NEWTOPIA, the latter of which he created.

KIM BURDON graduated from West Surrey college of Art & Design in 1983 and went on to a successful career in the world of animation. After 3 years working at the highly-regarded Dragon studios, Kim moved to Hibbert Ralph Animation where he has worked for 20 years as animator, designer and director, creating many memorable and award-winning commercials and TV idents. He formed HRTV in partnership with Jerry Hibbert, specifically to produce longer format animation for film and TV. In 2001, he directed the primetime adult animated series STRESSED ERIC which won the studios the ‘BBC Independent Animation Production Company of The Year’. He designed and directed the titles for the feature film ENTRAPMENT and directed two hugely successful pre-school series of TRACTOR TOM and FIREMAN SAM.