Ron Saunders (producer)

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Ron Saunders
Saunders with Johnson the Pink Elephant from 'Johnson and Friends'.
Born	Ronald Victor Saunders South Australia, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	Film and television producer
Years active	1973–2017
Known for	Producing and co-creating Johnson and Friends and Magic Mountain.

Ronald Victor Saunders is an Australian film and television producer, writer and director. He has worked in almost every genre of film and his career has spanned over 30 years. He is particularly known for specialising in children's television and for co-creating the successful Australian children's television series Johnson and Friends, with Ian Munro (director) and John Patterson (writer) and later on, The Girl from Tomorrow, Spellbinder and Magic Mountain.

Saunders was also instrumental in building race relations between Australia and China and he has been responsible for many co-productions between the two countries, including Magic Mountain,^[1] Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord and The Dragon Pearl. Other children's programs he was involved with include The Adventures of Sam, and the 1990s version of The Toothbrush Family, Ketchup: Cats Who Cook.^[2]