Das Sandmännchen - German TV Series Das Sandmännchen (Little Sandman) is a German children's bedtime television programme since 1959. I was invited to be part of the character animation team. We shot 24 new episodes over a period of five months. Director and Writer: Bernhard Schmitt DoP: Björn Ullrich Animation: Martin Davies, Andreas Dihm, Alireza Hashempour, Karin van der Maarel, Bernhard Schmitt, Dina Velikovskaya, Constanze Werneburg, Cris Wiegandt Modellbau: Sana Schönle, Merle Tebbe, Helene Tragesser, Cris Wiegandt Puppet Artist: Malgorzata Borowiec-Uljanicka, Junk Brothers, Robert Scheffner, Louisa Würden Costume: Kerstin Laackmann BG-Designs: Cornelia Freche, Nicola Wulf Compositing: Florian Grolig, Matthew Gyngell, Junk Brothers VFX Supervisor: Kay Delventhal Music + Sounddesign: Thomas Mehlhorn Post Production: Concept AV Production Coordinator: Moritz Feuerbach (als Moritz Reiff) Producer: Jan Bonath Line Producer: Thomas Schneider Executive Producer: Jessica Giersch