Screenplay: John van Bruggen

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John van Bruggen. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Ruby Gloom (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 23 min. · Canada

Direction Robin Budd

Plot In a Victorian mansion on the outskirts of Gloomsville lives Ruby Gloom. Some kids might be afraid of the dark, the eccentric neighbours and the unknown things that dwell in...

5.3

53 votes

5.3

53 votes

Franklin (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Paulette Bourgeois · Brenda Clark · John van Bruggen · Mike Bass

Plot TV Series (1997-2004). 6 seasons. 85 episodes. Franklin is a growing young turtle who, as his television stories and books always begin, "...could count by twos and tie his shoes"....

5.0

96 votes

5.0

96 votes

Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure

2006 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Dominique Monfery

Plot Franklin shares many good times with his Granny, but when she takes ill, he's determined to help her. He hears the story from his Aunt Lucy of a talisman that...

4.5

125 votes

4.5

125 votes

Kate and Mim-Mim (TV Series)

2014 · Series · min. · Canada

Direction Sebastian Brodin · Clint Butler · James Corrigall · Rich Johnson

Plot Kate and her stuffed toy friends use their imaginations to go on wild and incredible adventures.

4.2

30 votes

4.2

30 votes

Caillou (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Nick Rijgersberg · Jean Pilotte · Larry Jacobs

Plot Caillou is a children's television show based on the books by Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. Many of the stories in the animated version begin with a teacher (who...

4.0

2K votes

4.0

2K votes

The Most Magnificent Thing (S)

2019 · Movie · 20 min. · Canada

Direction Arna Selznick

Plot A regular girl tries to make something magnificent but the creative process proves more challenging than expected.

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Brave Bunnies (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 7 min. · Ukraine

Direction Olga Cherepanova · Tim Fehrenbach · Yevhen Alekhin · Francisco Javier Peces Cortés

Plot Brave Bunnies is an animated entertaining and educational 2D series for preschool kids (52 episodes, 7 minutes each). The main idea of the series is to show kids the diversity...

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Peep and the Big Wide World (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 22 min. · Canada

Direction Rick Marshall · Geoff Adams · Vadim Kapridov

Cast Joan Cusack

Plot Peep, Chirp, and Quack explore the "Big Wide World" around them, leading to mischief and adventures.

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Babar and the Adventures of Badou

2010 · Series · 11 min. · Canada

Direction Emrah Semih Kosar · Mike Fallows

Plot An updated version of the classic series, following King Babar, and Badou, his 8-year-old grandson.

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Franklin and Friends (TV Series)

2022 · Series · min. · Canada

Direction Paulette Bourgeois · John Payne · Lynn Reist

Cast John Stocker · Graeme Jokic · Jake Roseman · Christian Martyn

Plot Franklin is back - he's older, wiser and coming out of his shell. Franklin joins his friends, Bear, Fox, Rabbit and the rest of the bunch, with new adventures in...

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Miss Spider (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Nadine Van Der Velde · David Kirk · Neil Affleck · Lynn Reist

Plot A young green spider named Squirt - one of the many children of the caring arachnid, Miss Spider - experiences life from a bug's perspective.

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