Staff

This article focuses on all of the staff members that took part in the making of the Total Drama series.

Creators

• Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch are the creators of Total Drama.

A Total Drama-styled portrait of Tom McGillis.

A Total Drama-styled portrait of Jennifer Pertsch.

Writers

Episode writers

Table of episode writers
Writer	Total Drama						Total Drama Presents:	Total DramaRama
	Island	Action	World Tour	Revenge of the Island	All-Stars	Pahkitew Island	The Ridonculous Race
Adam Rotstein			"Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan" "Can't Help Falling in Louvre"
Doug Hadders
Alan Resnick		"Dial M for Merger" "Rock n' Rule"
Alex Ganetakos	"If You Can't Take the Heat..."	"One Flu Over the Cuckoos" "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen"	"Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2" "Broadway, Baby!" "Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon" "Hawaiian Style" "Hawaiian Punch"	"Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!" "Brain vs. Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown"	"Heroes vs. Villains" "Saving Private Leechball" "The Bold and the Booty-ful" "The Final Wreck-ening"	"Pahk'd With Talent"	"None Down, Eighteen to Go—Part 1" "Bahamarama"
Alex Nussbaum	"Dodgebrawl" "Up the Creek" "Who Can You Trust?" "Brunch of Disgustingness" "Search and Do Not Destroy" "Haute Camp-ture" "Are We There Yeti?"	"Riot on Set" "Masters of Disasters" "Super Hero-ld" "Get a Clue" "Top Dog"	"Newf Kids on the Rock"	"Runaway Model" "Eat, Puke, and Be Wary"
Alice Prodanou		"Monster Cash" "The Aftermath: I" "The Aftermath: III"				"Sky Fall"		"Not Without My Fudgy Lumps" "Paint That a Shame" "Stay Goth, Poodle Girl, Stay Goth" "Harold Swatter and the Goblet of Flies" "Student Becomes the Teacher"
Alix Markman								"The Upside of Hunger"
Aisha Brown								"A Dingo Ate My Duncan"
Amanda McNeice								"Fire in the Hole" "Way Back Wendel" "Simply Perfect" "The Gold and the Stickerful" "A Fish Called Leshawna" "Dial B for Birder" "Mad Math: Taffy Road" "Van Hogling"
Andrew Harrison								"Aquarium for a Dream" "Hic Hic Hooray" "A Licking Time Bomb" "Exercising the Demons" "The A-Bok-Bok-Bokalypse" "Royal Flush" "Wiggin' Out" "OWW" "Bad Seed" "Double Oh Beth" "Shock & AWW" "Whack Mirror" "MacArthur Park" "Breaking Bite" "Squirrels Squirrels Squirrels" "TP2: Judgement Bidet" "A Tall Tale" "Thingameroo" "CodE.T." "Ice Guys Finish Last" "Aches and Ladders" "The Tree Stooges Save Christmas (Part 1)" "Virtual Reality Bites" "Ticking Crime Bomb" "Oozing Talent" "A Bridgette Too Far"
Andrew Shenkman								"The Tooth About Zombies" "Mooshy Mon Mons" "A Dame-gerous Game" "Us ‘R’ Toys" "Tu Ba Or Not Tu Ba" "Cartoon Realism" "Space Codyty" "Encore'tney" "Broken Back Kotter" "Last Mom Standing" "Carmageddon" "Cody the Barbarian" "Teacher, Soldier, Chef, Spy" "Trousering Inferno" "The Fuss on the Bus"
Ashley Lannigan								"The Price of Advice" "Soother or Later" "Driving Miss Crazy" "Apoca-lice Now"
Ben Joseph								"Quiche It Goodbye" "Not for the Paint of Heart" "The Opening Act" "The Cone-versation"
Brendon Yorke		"The Chefshank Redemption" "Mutiny on the Soundstage" "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special"	"Jamaica Me Sweat"
Charles Johnston				"Finders Creepers"
Craig Brown								"Cone in 60 Seconds" "The Bad Guy Busters" "Know it All"
Craig Martin							"Dude Buggies" "Last Tango in Buenos Aires"
Ed MacDonald					"Moon Madness" "You Regatta Be Kidding Me" "Sundae Muddy Sundae"	"Twinning Isn't Everything" "Mo Monkey Mo Problems"
Eliza Crosland				"A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
Emer Connon			"Niagara Brawls"
Emily Andras		"Beach Blanket Bogus"	"Jamaica Me Sweat"
Erika Strobel	"X-Treme Torture" "No Pain, No Game" "That's Off the Chain!" "Hook, Line, and Screamer" "Camp Castaways" "I Triple Dog Dare You!"
Evany Rosen								"Tiger Fail"
George Elliott								"School District 9" "Legends of the Paul"
Harmeet Bhatti								"The Doomed Ballooned Marooned"
Jadiel Dowlin								"Bearly Edible" "Senior Sinisters"
James Hurst		"Full Metal Drama"	"Chinese Fake-Out"
Jenn Engels				"Truth or Laser Shark"
Jennifer Cowan	"Not Quite Famous"
Jennifer Pertsch	"Not So Happy Campers—Part 1" "Not So Happy Campers—Part 2" "The Sucky Outdoors" "Basic Straining" "The Very Last Episode, Really!" "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island"							"The Date" "Germ Factory"
Joel Buxton								"WaterHose-Five"
Heather Jackson		"The Princess Pride"
Ian Poque		"Ocean's Eight—or Nine"
Jeremy Winkels				"Grand Chef Auto"
Jocelyn Geddie								"Cuttin' Corners"
John Slama		"One Million Bucks, B.C."
Josh Gal								"Melter Skelter" "Duncan Disorderly" "Camping is In Tents" "Total Eclipse of the Fart" "For a Few Duncans More" "Dream Worriers" "Stingin' in the Rain" "Snack to the Future"
Ken Cuperus		"2008: A Space Owen" "Top Dog"
Kurt Firla							"Mediterranean Homesick Blues"
Laurie Elliott			"Slap Slap Revolution" "The EX-Files" "Aftermath Aftermayhem" "African Lying Safari"	"Ice Ice Baby" "The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean" "The Enchanted Franken-Forest"	"Food Fright" "Suckers Punched" "The Obsta-Kill Kourse"	"I Love You, Grease Pig!" "A Blast from the Past" "Three Zones and a Baby"	"French is an Eiffel Language" "Brazilian Pain Forest" "New Beijinging"	"Cluckwork Orange" "A Ninjustice to Harold" "Snots Landing" "Snow Way Out" "Gum and Gummer" "Too Much of a Goo’d Thing" "Mother of All Cards" "Mutt Ado About Owen" "Stink. Stank. Stunk." "An Egg-stremely Bad Idea" "Supply Mom" "Me, My Elf, and I" "Baby Brother Blues" "Gumbearable" "Sugar & Spice & Lightning & Frights" "Say Hello to My Little Friends" "Chews Wisely" "Gwen Scary, Gwen Lost" "Daycare of Rock" "Be Claws I Love You, Shelley"
Matt McElhannon	"TDI Rundown"
Meghan Read							"Little Bull on the Prairie" "Ca-Noodling"
Michael Gelbart			"Picnic at Hanging Dork"
Mike Kiss								"The Never Gwending Story" "Weiner Takes All" "Look Who's Clocking"
Miles Smith						"I Love You, I Love You Knots" "This Is the Pits!" "Scarlett Fever"	"Hello and Dubai" "New Beijinging" "I Love Ridonc & Roll" "Down and Outback" "Got Venom" "Darjeel With It"	"Free Chili" "That's a Wrap" "Having the Timeout of Our Lives" "Inglorious Toddlers" "All Up In Your Drill" "Invasion of the Booger Snatchers" "There Are No Hoppy Endings" "Simons Are Forever" "Stop! Hamster Time" "Gnome More Mister Nice Guy" "Glove Glove Me Do" "Lie-Ranosaurus Wrecked" "Pinata Regatta" "Dissing Cousins" "He Who Wears the Clown" "Grody to the Maximum" "Ghoul Spirit" "Duncan Carving" "Dude Where's Macaw" "Gobble Head" "Snow Country for Old Men" "Jelly Aches" "Duncan Duty" "Life of Pie" "AbaracaDuncan" "Weekend at Buddy's" "I Dream of Meanie" "A Hole Lot of Trouble" "Erase Yer Head" "The Big Bangs Theory" "The Tree Stooges Save Christmas (Part 2)" "Cactus Makes Perfect" "Knit Wit" "Total Trauma Rama]]"
Nicole Demerse	"The Big Sleep"	"Alien Resurr-eggtion" "3:10 to Crazytown"	"Awwwwww, Drumheller"
Richard Clark		"Million Dollar Babies"		"Up, Up and Away in My Pitiful Balloon"
Ryan Belleville								"Ant We All Just Get Along"
Scott Oleszkowicz				"Backstabbers Ahoy!"
Shawn Kalb								"Bananas & Cheese" "Wristy Business"
Steve Western								"From Badge to Worse" "Toys Will Be Toys"
Shelley Scarrow	"Phobia Factor" "Paintball Deer Hunter" "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!" "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon"	"The Sand Witch Project" "The Aftermath: II"	"Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1" "Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water" "I See London..." "Rapa Phooey!" "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles"				"Hawaiian Honeyruin" "My Way or Zimbabwe" "Maori or Less" "El Bunny Supremo"
Terry McGurrin			"Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" "The Am-AH-Zon Race" "Greece's Pieces" "Sweden Sour"		"Evil Dread" "No One Eggspects the Spanish Opposition" "Zeek and Ye Shall Find" "The Bold and the Booty-ful" "The Final Wreck-ening"	"So, Uh, This Is My Team?" "Hurl and Go Seek" "Lies, Cries and One Big Prize"	"None Down, Eighteen to Go—Part 2" "Bjorken Telephone" "Brazilian Pain Forest" "Shawshank Ridonc-tion" "How Deep Is Your Love" "Bahamarama"	"Venthalla" "Duck Duck Juice" "Sharing is Caring" "Robo Teacher" "Pudding the Planet First" "Beth and the Beanstalk"
Tom McGillis	"Hide and Be Sneaky" "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island"

Songwriters

• Brian Pickett, James Chapple, and Dave Kelly wrote all of the Total Drama World Tour songs.

Singers

• Graeme Cornies and Dawna Toews sang the Total Drama theme song, "I Wanna Be Famous."

Directors

• Todd Kauffman was one of the directors of Island (2007), Action, and had a role in the making of World Tour and Revenge of the Island.
• Mark Thornton was one of the directors of Island (2007), Action, and had a role in the making of World Tour and Revenge of the Island.
• Jennifer Pertsch is one of the creators of the show and one of the directors of World Tour.
• Tom McGillis is one of the creators of the show and one of the directors of World Tour.
• Keith Oliver is one of the directors of "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special," World Tour, Revenge of the Island, All-Stars, Pahkitew Island, Island (2023), and The Ridonculous Race. Prior to taking on the director's role, he was the animation director for the series.
• Chad Hicks is one of the directors of "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special," World Tour, Revenge of the Island, All-Stars, Pahkitew Island, and The Ridonculous Race. Prior to becoming a director, he was one of the storyboard artists on the show.

Story Editors

• Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, and Erika Strobel were story editors of Total Drama Island
• Shelly Scarrow was the executive story editor of Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour
• Alex Ganetakos was the executive story editor for Total Drama Revenge of the Island and Total Drama All-Stars, and one of the story editors of The Ridonculous Race
• Terry McGurrin was the executive story editor of Total Drama Pahkitew Island, both seasons of the rebooted Total Drama Island and the other story editor of the Ridonculous Race

Voice actors

For more information about this section, visit: List of international versions of Total Drama

Voice actor	Character(s)
Kwaku Adu-Poku	Lightning (Total DramaRama), Caleb
Tamara Almeida	Axel
Brandon Michael Arrington	Bowie
Eman Ayaz	Priya
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Courtney (also in Total DramaRama), Ellody, Laurie
Lilly Bartlam	Gwen (Total DramaRama)
Clé Bennett	Beardo, Chef Hatchet (Total Drama Island (2007) - Total Drama: Pahkitew Island), DJ, DJ's mother, Leonard
Zachary Bennett	Shawn
Katie Bergin	Jasmine, Computer
Carleigh Beverly	Dakota
Ashley Botting	Jen
Alana Bridgewater	Chef's mother
Nicki Burke	Stephanie, Tammy, Abs
Leigh Cameron	Gazunga, Reciptionist
Julia Chantrey	Eva
Garry Chalk	Additional voices
Julius Cho	Chase
Carla Collins	Blaineley
Jack Copland	Wayne
Jon Cor	Brick
Alyson Court	Princess Ephemera
Richard Ian Cox	Additional voices
Neil Crone	Duncan's Father, Dwayne
Katie Crown	Izzy (also in Total DramaRama), Beth's Mother
Stacey DePass	Crimson, Emma (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race), Fire Chief Blaze
Daniel DeSanto	Dave
Carlos Díaz	Lorenzo, Rock, Travel Tip giver
David J. Dixon	Additional Voices ("Total DramaRama")
Brian Dobson	Additional voices
Cory Doran	Mike and his alternate personalities, Noah (Total DramaRama)
Bruce Dow	Max (Total Drama)
Brian Drummond	Additional voices (Total DramaRama)
Kevin Duhaney	Cameron, Cameron's mother
Novie Edwards	Leshaniqua, Leshawna (Total Drama)
Laurie Elliott	Jo
Jacob Ewaniuk	Junior
Megan Fahlenbock	Gwen (Total Drama; also in ending of "Tiger Fail")
Kristin Fairlie	Bridgette (also in Total DramaRama), Carrie, Kelsey
Kristi Friday	Scarlett
Darren Frost	Chet, Harold (Total DramaRama)
Brian Froud	Harold (Total Drama), Sam, Killer (Total Drama All-Stars)
Sarah Gadon	Beth (also in Total DramaRama), female tourist, Ginger, Jen (Total DramaRama)
Jeff Geddis	Devin, Tom
Gerardo Gismondi	Zee
Marco Grazzini	Alejandro (Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour)
Katie Griffin	Mary, Miles, Scary Girl, Water Glass Hallucination
Carter Hayden	Ennui, Noah (Total Drama), Spud
Dwayne Hill	Josh
Alex House	Alejandro (Total Drama All-Stars), José
David Huband	Gerry, Pete (Total Drama)
Christopher Jacot	Topher
Molly Johnson	Axe Hatchet
Athena Karkanis	Anne Maria
Fred Kennedy	Ripper
Terry Klassen	Additional Voices
Melanie Leishman	Emma (TDI 2023)
Julie Lemieux	Heather's mother, Josee, Kelly, Flo
Lauren Lipson	Owen's mother, Sadie
Deven Mack	Chef Hatchet (Total Drama Island (2023), also in Total DramaRama)
Barbara Mamabolo	Zoey, Millie
Tristan Mammitzsch	Max (Total DramaRama)
Alan Marriott	Additional voices (Total DramaRama)
Bryn McAuley	Amy, Samey, Taylor
Terry McGurrin	Don, Colonel McColonelson, Chris (Total Drama Island (2023))
Scott McCord	Brody, Jacques, male tourist, Owen (also in Total DramaRama), Killer (Total Drama Island), Trent
Scott McNeil	Additional voices (Total DramaRama)
Caitlynne Medrek	Dawn
Stephanie Anne Mills	Katie, Kitty, Lindsay, Brightly
Daniel Keith Morrison	Damien
Joseph Motiki	Ryan
Sunday Muse	Ella (also in Total DramaRama)
Drew Nelson	Duncan (also in Total DramaRama)
Annick Obonsawin	Sierra
Peter Oldring	Cody (Total Drama), Ezekiel, intern, Tyler
Keith Oliver	Alejandro ("Hawaiian Punch" post-credit scene)
Nicole Oliver	Additional voices
Ashley Peters	Staci
Dan Petronijevic	Brady, Geoff
Sarah Podemski	Sky
Christian Potenza	Chris (Total Drama Island (2007) - Total Drama Pahkitew Island, also in Total DramaRama), Jerd, Jude
Adam Reid	Gordon, Justin
Jackie Richardson	Leshawna's Grandmother
Ian Ronningen	Rodney
Evany Rosen	MacArthur (also in Total DramaRama)
Varun Saranga	Raj
Tyrone Savage	Lightning (Total Drama)
Lyon Smith	Jay, Mickey, Chinchilli
Tabitha St. Germain	Additional voices
Nicole Stamp	Sanders
Julie Sype	Julia, Snow Owl mascot intern
Tymika Tafari	Nichelle
Robert Tinkler	Sewer Mike, Terry Spice, Smelliot, Josh (Total DramaRama)
Kimberly-Ann Troung	Pink Alien, MK
Adrian Truss	Pete (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)
Lee Tockar	Additional voices
Sam Vincent	Additional voices (Total DramaRama)
James Wallis	Scott
Bahia Watson	Leshawna (Total DramaRama)
Wyatt White	Cody (Total DramaRama)
Rachel Wilson	Heather
Rochelle Wilson	Sugar (also in Total DramaRama),

Trivia

• Laurie Elliott, Terry McGurrin and Keith Oliver are the only staff members to voice a character on the show:
  • Elliott voiced Jo in Revenge of the Island and All-Stars.
  • Oliver voiced Alejandro in the Drama Machine for the post-credits scene at the end of "Hawaiian Punch" (World Tour).
  • McGurrin voiced Don in The Ridonculous Race and will voice Chris starting from Total Drama Island (2023) onwards.
• In Total Drama, Alejandro, Chef, and Chris are the only characters to have two or more different voice actors.
  • Alejandro was originally voiced by Marco Grazzini in World Tour before Keith Oliver voiced Alejandro in the World Tour season finale when he was placed inside the Drama Machine. He is then replaced by Alex House in All-Stars.
  • Chef was originally voiced by Clé Bennett from Island to Pakhitew Island with him being replaced by Deven Mack starting from Island (2023), who also voiced Chef in Total Dramarama.
  • Chris was originally voiced by Christian Potenza from Total Drama Island (2007) to Total DramaRama before being replaced by Terry McGurrin from Total Drama Island (2023).
• Total DramaRama recast eight of the voice actors for characters from the original Total Drama series.
  • Clé Bennett was replaced by Deven Mack as the voice of Chef Hatchet.
  • Carter Hayden was replaced by Cory Doran as the voice of Noah.
  • Novie Edwards was replaced by Bahia Watson as the voice of Leshawna.
  • Brian Froud was replaced by Darren Frost as the voice of Harold.
  • Megan Fahlenbock was replaced by Lilly Bartlam as the voice of Gwen.
  • Peter Oldring was replaced by Wyatt White as the voice of Cody.
  • Bruce Dow was replaced by Tristan Mammitzsch as the voice of Max.
  • Tyrone Savage was replaced by Kwaku Adu Poku as the voice of Lightning.
• Until Total DramaRama, Alex Ganetakos is the only writer to have written at least one episode in every season of Total Drama, including The Ridonculous Race.
• As of the episode "How Deep is Your Love" in The Ridonculous Race, Terry McGurrin surpassed Alex Ganetakos for the record of the highest amount of episodes written in the franchise, which currently stands at twenty-one.
• Total Drama Action currently has the most writers of any season so far, with fourteen.
  • However, if World Tour's three songwriters are taken into account, then World Tour has the most writers, with sixteen.
  • In contrast, All-Stars currently has the fewest writers, with four.
  • The number of writers per season (and the spin-off) is as follows:
    • Action: Fourteen.
    • World Tour: Thirteen (plus three songwriters).
    • Island (2023): Ten.
    • Island (2007): Eight.
    • The Ridonculous Race: Eight.
    • Revenge of the Island: Six.
    • Pahkitew Island: Six.
    • All-Stars: Four.
• According to an interview, Bryn McAuley and Sunday Muse originally auditioned for Ella and the twins respectively in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island before their roles are swapped.