Ivan is een 27-jarige, vriendelijke zilverrug gorilla die achter een glazen wand in het winkelcentrum woont. Hij is eraan gewend geraakt dat mensen hem continu gadeslaan. Hoe zijn leven voorheen was, in de jungle, weet hij niet meer. In plaats daarvan houdt hij zich bezig met het kijken van televisie, schilderen en zijn vrienden Stella (een olifant) en Bob (een zwerfhond). Wanneer Ruby, een babyolifantje dat onlangs haar moeder in het wild is kwijtgeraakt, bij hen komt wonen, begint Ivan zijn woning en zijn kunst met andere ogen te zien. Ruby bevrijden wordt al snel zijn nieuwe doel in het leven.
Nee, helaas is De Enige Echte Ivan nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Visual Effects | Santiago Colomo Martinez | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Greg Fisher | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Victor Rivas Alvarez | Digital Compositor |
| Crew | Suzy Strawn Scott | Studio Teacher |
| Directing | Thea Sharrock | Director |
| Writing | Katherine Applegate | Book |
| Visual Effects | Ronan Binding | Animation |
| Sound | Ben Meechan | Sound Effects Editor |
| Writing | Mike White | Screenplay |
| Production | Brigham Taylor | Producer |
| Production | Sue Baden-Powell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Angelina Jolie | Producer |
| Production | Thea Sharrock | Executive Producer |
| Production | Allison Shearmur | Producer |
| Sound | Craig Armstrong | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Barney Pilling | Editor |
| Production | Randi Hiller | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Taylor | Costume Design |
| Camera | Florian Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Art | Molly Hughes | Production Design |
| Production | Sue Baden-Powell | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Hopker | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Rosie Goodwin | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabor Kerekes | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Alex Baily | Art Direction |
| Art | Oliver Goodier | Art Direction |
| Directing | Tom Browne | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Rebecca Adams | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Emma Mallett | Unit Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Ben Aghdami | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Martin Foley | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Louise Cassettari | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Derek Burgess | VFX Editor |
| Art | Hattie Storey | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Phil Booth | First Assistant Director |
| Art | James M. Spencer | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Nick Davis | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Jules Baker-Smith | Associate Producer |
| Art | Katren Wood | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | James Mather | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Indica Watson | Thanks |
| Crew | Garth Gutteridge | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Caimin Bourne | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Oliver Cockerham | Production Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Jim Sparrow | Creature Design |
| Crew | Hayley Carmichael | Thanks |
| Sound | Mike Prestwood Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Malinda Ballesteros | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Kate Ringsell | Casting |
| Camera | Peter Byrne | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Visual Effects | Christopher Potter | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Ben Krolick | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Ben Jones | Visual Effects Supervisor |
